Our Father in Heaven, God of the Universe, I begin this day in a state of seeking, hungry, thirsty, lowly and lifted. I come as a man washed and yet, desiring to enter the depths of the river and flow… Continue reading

It was a summer day in 2013. I walked into a room of 8-10 young people and was stunned by the silence. They were sitting together and not saying a word, a room full of people with a common goal… Continue reading

Do you feel you are out of options? Are you empty, drained, and devoid of strength. Has your inspiration fizzled, your motivation taken a vacation? Continue reading

We must abandon, once and for all, our score-book, time-sheet mentality with regard to Christian service.  Service is all about the One we serve and not about getting our just deserts.  Continue reading

We are not shaped into who we must be and we cannot be shaped, by our reactions to culture. Continue reading

There are three positive choices  put forth by the singer of songs that have the capacity to negate negative choices. We can make choices in each of these areas. When anger arises, we can refrain from it. Namely, we can… Continue reading

The Triumph of Mordechai – Pieter Lastman (1583–1633) God is not a mean spirited comic who laughs or delights in anyone's destruction. Yet, God sees the humor in man's pride and sense of indestructibility. God is our model for a… Continue reading

"A tomb now suffices him for whom the world was not sufficient."– Purported epitaph on the tomb of Alexander the Great It is uncanny how one's world can shrink from the spacious opulence we consider our birthright to the minuscule… Continue reading

    Somewhere, a talented artist dies. A voice is silenced … This is tragedy. Somewhere, a fanatic (Pick any perversion of ideology or religion) claims necessity of violence for his own purposes … This is travesty. Somewhere, an accident… Continue reading

The best kept secret in the world is the Law of Grace. I was reminded of this today and have updated it a tiny bit. Grace is just about the most powerful force in the universe. We are saved by… Continue reading