Sara and I leave tomorrow for a celebration of our 30th wedding anniversary. We’re doing this a bit early. Our anniversary date isn’t until May, but Sara’s schedule is really crazy then as the school year winds down. So, certain that we’re going to stay married until May, we’re taking advantage of this time to [...]
This is the other letter I told you about yesterday. If you didn’t read that one you might check out A Daughter Finds Her Way Home, This one I received from a brother in Texas: I wanted to let you in on a neat experience that was precipitated by your writing. My Dad was 91 [...]
Every now and then I get a letter that just blows me away. I received two such letters this weekend and want to share them both with you—one today and one tomorrow. While I’m grateful God used something I wrote as a tool in someone’s life, I know well that the kind of work this [...]
A new issue of BodyLife, is up on the Lifestream website. This one has to do with sexual freedom in the midst of a sexually obsessed culture. Interestingly enough there is a new study out by the National Institute of Health and the Center for Disease Control pledges about teens who take virginity pledges. On [...]
It certainly brings together more than a year’s worth of effort to sort out how God wanted Brad and I to fulfill an idea he put on our heart to communicate more effectively his life in the world. Many of you know we were approached about hosting a local radio show last year, but in [...]
Continuing with our weekly theme of Q and A, here’s another bit of dialogue with a brother concerned about relationships: I have made a good friend over the past few months. He likes history so we have a lot in common. He has been coming over to our house on game nights and having a [...]
Another question came up over the weekend, which I think falls into this week’s theme, or so it appears. I’ve only recently heard of Lifestream. I spent a great deal of time reading through your website (which is very well done) just trying to learn what Lifestream is about, your passion, mission, goals, etc. Obviously [...]
This seems to be question week. I’ve got to others that I’ll include over the next cvouple of days. Here’s one that I got this weekend: I have been plowing through your SuperDisc and enjoying it tremendously. Such good info! It is slowly filling in the cracks in my Christian foundation. I have a question [...]
Can I sell books and CDs without selling-out God’s life in me? I get this question about every month or two, so I thought I’d let you look over my shoulder again at a recent exchange I had with a brother I don’ know. I appreciated the gentleness and openness of his heart in broaching [...]
In February I posted a link to an article called Ten Myths of Church Leavers. Debbie responded to that post with the following concern and I think there are many more who share her concern. My in laws left the church years ago, and are perfectly content with that. There is no absence in their [...]
People often ask me how I can encourage a group of believers who have spilled out of a religious institution one week and then go to one of those institutions the next week to do a seminar or consult with their leadership. Most times the question is an honest curiosity, but some have questioned whether [...]
Clint Eastwood’s Million Dollar Baby won the major awards at this year’s Academy Awards and in my view certainly deserved them if Hollywood didn’t have enough regard for Hotel Rwanda. I have not seen a movie in the last 10 years where I was more drawn to the characters and cared more deeply about them [...]