Perhaps you’ll enjoy reading over my shoulder again. This is an email exchange that came up yesterday. I think his questions and passion speak volumes for us and some of his questions might help us take a fresh look at how we all live in the world…
Just listened to the latest podcast Why are [...]

Someone mailed me a brochure recently that a former pastor had made one afternoon when he had way too much time on his hands. I found it hilariously tragic! I know it’s a bit edgy. I know not every Sunday-morning group out there would advance this notion. But I have been [...]

Man, this really freaks me out in a wonderful way!
I got an email the other day and in the course of telling his story he included a question posed to him by a friend that he later said “rocked me to my core and ricocheted around my emptiness for years like a steel marble [...]

If you missed yesterday’s blog, go back and read it before continuing the saga here. This is an amazing story of a man who came to Jesus days before returning to Africa and how God is making himself known through this man as he simply follows Jesus each day. If you want to read [...]

I have to be a bit vague on some of the details here, because the writer of these emails, Jamal (not his real name), lives in an area of Ethiopia dominated by Muslims who persecute those known to be Christians in that region. He was in the States on an education visa, and at [...]

I got this email yesterday from a brother in Missouri and got quite laugh out of it. It reminds me how easy it is to see through the bondage of religious obligation when the smallest bit of light gets in. The only ones who can’t see it are those who either make their [...]

Here’s another over-the-shoulder read. I got a wonderful email today and know many others with similar questions who might appreciate a bit of our dialog:
Since I have been a Christian I have followed the leadership of my pastor\friend. He has served as my mentor for over a decade, but int the last couple [...]

Got this from a friend in an email last week:
I’m leading a devotion today in our all church staff meeting titled “commitment and discipline is what we do when we are no longer in love.” I think you would like it.
I think I would to. The title’s awesome and so profound. When [...]

I got this email a few months ago from someone I met in England during my last trip there in late March. I have wanted to share his letter here for some time, because it is so full of life and freedom. I hope other people’s stories like this are as encouraging to [...]

Yesterday was NOT the day to fly. When I arrived at LAX the security line was over half a mile long. No one was allowed to take any liquid or gels through security. Even bottled water purchased inside secure areas of the airport couldn’t be brought on board. My flight was [...]