I can still remember everything about the morning on 9/11. The shock and surprise of what we were watching unfold had no place in my mind’s catalog of logic or reason. Our country was paralyzed […]
Category: SOUL
BEING A TOURIST IN YOUR OWN LIFE
A good friend of mine, Murphy Karges, once gave me a great piece of wisdom. He suggested we can become too familiar with our own hometown and lose interest. He said very plainly, “Be a […]
LOSING YOUR AWE
I am always amazed at those “polar bear” plunge people during the winter who rally and jump into the ice water in freezing temperatures. I have not participated in this rich tradition but I have […]
WHY DID YOU GET UP TODAY?
Every day we make the choice to rise from our beds and move toward something. You might have heard your alarm and dreaded the day and hit the snooze button, but eventually something was calling […]
STOLEN IDENTITY? NOBODY IS TAKING IT FROM YOU
I am often moved in the deepest parts of my soul when I have a “divine intersection” occur in my life. It happens when what I am reading and processing in my life intersects with […]
ORDER IS NOT THE END GOAL
We are committed to ordering our lives. Think about how much energy you spend calendaring, cleaning and coordinating everything only to find yourself doing it all over again. We have become a culture that is so addicted to […]
WHEN YOU FEEL LIKE GOD IS NOT THERE
There are times in my life where I feel like God is gone, not present, at least not around me. They are terrifying lonely spaces of time in my journey where I don’t see him. These […]
DEFLATEGATE DISCIPLES
What a crazy mixed up world we live in today where the air pressure of footballs (PSI) is the front page news overshadowing ISIS, train crashes, earthquakes and racial divide. I am intrigued by the […]
DECORATION OR DECLARATION?
A friend recently told me that he wanted more courage to ask a question of many people he had seen come through his office who were all wearing crosses. He felt a curious tension that prompted […]
THE GIFT OF ADVERSITY
Consider it a sheer gift, friends, when tests and challenges come at you from all sides. You know that under pressure, your faith-life is forced into the open and shows its true colors. So don’t […]
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