If there’s not enough of me to listen to already, I spoke last week in Madison, Wisconsin about growing in the love of the Father, to a group of folks who have been reading He Loves Me. It was recorded, so if you want to hear any of that you can download it here. I [...]

All is going quiet here for a season. Sara and I are getting away for a much-anticipated, two-week vacation with my daughter and her family. We have been looking forward to this time of rest and refreshing. Unfortunately, since we are the only two people who keep things going around here, that will also mean [...]

I am finishing up a trip into Wisconsin over the weekend, and will return home tomorrow. Jesus has hungry people everywhere who are no longer satisfied with the religious conventions that seek to substitute for our own relationship with him. They are crying out for more reality in their relationship with him and more authenticity [...]

Most depictions of God in art throughout church history have imagined a distant and exalted older man, often with a look of anger in his eye. Interestingly enough, most depictions of Jesus (except when he is clearing the temple), show him in softer and more compassionate moments. If Jesus was the exact representation of the [...]

Here’s an interesting exchange I had recently. I have many like it. It seems when people leave an old system, their first passion is to start a new one. The unspoken thought is that systems will work pretty well if the right people are in charge. The reality is that systems themselves are destructive to [...]

We have recently been informed by the brothers and sister in Kenya that an entire portion of their country is starving due to failed rains over the past three years. The price for corn has gone through the roof and they wanted to know if any of us could help. I received this last week: [...]

What a crazy weekend! Friday we had a Canadian family come visit and during dinner were hit with a 4.5 magnitude earthquake centered only eight miles away. It was a small jot, but a great amusement park ride without the amusement park hassles. Saturday I put up a new hammock in the backyard and got [...]