My wife and I have been blessed to raise three sons. Like most dads, I suspect, I remember with crystal clarity the first time I saw each one of them, fresh from their mother’s womb. Watching doctors deliver each one of them, then watching as some delivery room nurse washed and bundled them up, placing…
Most reasonable people believe in God, I think. Most sensible people even talk to God, (if not frequently, at least on occasion.) When the daze and dizziness of life’s journey becomes too great, When the bewilderment about what’s going on around them becomes so egregious that people don’t know which way to turn … On those days,…
All of us can reflect back on our lives and recall occasions, events, moments when things didn’t quite materialize or measure up to or pan out the way we thought they would. Maybe they came close. Almost, though. The dictionary says “Almost” is very nearly … but not quite,” When I think about how…
One of the blessings I’m experiencing in my life right now is something we’ve encouraged the folks in our church to become involved with: Circles. The idea behind Circles is that you find two other people you know or perhaps that you’d like to know, and invite them to join you on a regular basis,…
A while back, I went through a ‘remembering box’ of stuff my mom had saved from when I was little; things she collected during my growing-up years. I found a letter she had saved that I had written as a school assignment. The letter was never sent. It was just an exercise, an assignment in…
A couple of years ago, we did some remodeling at our house. In particular, we changed the way one of the bedrooms was configured a bit, changing the door, adding bookshelves. We wanted to use the room not only as an occasional guest bedroom, but also as an office, and doing so meant we had…
Last Sunday after church, as I sat watching folks casually greet one another, a family I knew well approached me and said, “We see that you’re going to give the invocation at the County Board of Supervisors meeting this week. We’re so glad you’re going to do that.” It will be so great to have…
Probably most followers of Jesus have had a similar experience to the one I had this morning, as I sat drinking my early morning coffee, reading my bible. I do that every morning. And often, as I read, a verse or a truth that I have read many times before causes me to pause, stop,…
I spend more than a little time in my role as a professional coach talking to Christian doctors. I talk to some of them over coffee in the town where I live; others I talk to on the phone, or perhaps on a Zoom call. As a pastor and coach who sort of specializes in…
My wife has spent much of our married life trying to help me get organized. She is, by both nature and gifting, a very organized person. I’m mean, she could organize an explosion in a bolt factory. Organizing and keeping track of stuff is just something she has a gift for. Me? Not so much….