Romans 12:12 has a devastating affect on discouragement by wielding a weapon I call “The Triple Threat.” It is a formula and I am generally suspicious of formulas. However, this one is built upon core realities and it not only… Continue reading

For all of you who pray, lift up my friend Mike Lenhof  before the Lord. Mikey  is in a unconscious at St Agnes Hospital in Fresno after choking on some food Sunday morning. At the moment, there is no clear… Continue reading

Phil Brewer has said it for me in his article on St Arbucks ministry: "The coffeeshop atmosphere often feels like a sanctuary to me in which there is a real sense of koinonia (fellowship and friendship). Matthew, a twenty-four year-old… Continue reading

I thrive on "busy." I move amongst projects and big ideas and run on full steam until something intervenes. I love solitude and I love crowds. Go figure. Starbucks is my office. I like some people around me while I… Continue reading

My friend Gary Allen alerted me to “The Secret” about a month ago and I ordered it and watched it. He has asked me on several occasions to formulate an evaluation  and comment from a Christian perspective. I am finally getting… Continue reading

Here is another quote from Gerald May found on the Aninam Recro blog. Willingness implies a surrendering of one’s self-separateness, an entering into, an immersion in the deepest processes of life itself. It is a realization that one already is… Continue reading

I was looking for Gerald May online since it had been some time since we had  corresponded and I was no longer receiving the newsletter from Shalem. I was very sad to learn that Jerry died in 2005. Shalem Institute’s… Continue reading