a few thoughts
Keep on Speaking
Now's not the time to be silent. Use your voice and stand.
Living relationally has nothing to do with where you live, but has everything with how you love.
Loving people doesn’t happen just because you’re present…loving people happens when your heart is...
The Heart of Disunity stands in two words: Us and Them
In the squarish mile suburb of NYC where I grew up, right near the western approach to the George Washington Bridge, its proximity to the city afforded me glimpses...
You have enough
Special Olympics training… We knew our son needed a better feel for his snowshoes or we’d be sending him off to the winter Olympics tripping over his own feet. The challenge… Connor needed to practice with snowshoes on...
To my friends
a blessing over you, You are loved. Truly loved. By your Creator. And yes, by me. You are valuable and of great worth. Not for what you have done, but for who you are. Not through your calling, your accomplishments,...
A new year: I’ll strive for balance
“Live your best life: Find balance.” I’ve been told that happiness is achieved through the balance of rest and activity: each and every part choreographed in symmetrical alliance to one another. I’ve absorbed the...
Can you embrace the wilderness?
Sometimes my world feels comfortable, right, fitting. I am blessed beyond every measure and far beyond what I deserve: I have a pleasant home, loving family, deep friendships, fulfilling career, two parents married...
Bethlehem is as close as your heart
Hope and joy entered the world, despite the doors He knew would be closed to Him. Make room for the sweet grace laid in a manger. Bethlehem is as close as your heart. And she brought forth her firstborn Son, and...
Guess what: God might give you more than you can handle
Stop living the myth. How many times, inside the church, outside the church, have you heard well-meaning people say, “God won’t give you more than you can handle”? I’ll be blunt. That’s a lie. I can’t find that verse...