Doctors found a tumor growing on the front edge of my spine just below my heart in the spring of 1991. My surgeon warned that waiting until summer was dangerous and that I should schedule surgery soon. I took a week to prepare....
Read MoreAn epiphany is a sudden realization of great truth. I had one at breakfast on February 15, 2014. I recorded the epiphany in my journal immediately afterwards: “God loves me because this morning I drank a perfect glass of orange...
Read MoreThe Book of Ruth recounts the devotion of Ruth, a Moabite widow, to Naomi, her widowed Israelite mother-in-law. The relationship of two widows does not seem especially important to the fate of the world, but the story highlights...
Read MoreHe found love letters to his wife he did not write. He thought she was having an affair. “You should talk with our pastor,” his friend said. “I can’t,” he replied. “The letters are from him.” A small group of deacons asked the...
Read MoreJason Bourne knows sleep is a powerful weapon. The tragic hero of the Robert Ludlum novels appreciates that his survival may depend upon resources that are available only to the rested. Jason makes a point of sleeping before...
Read MoreCraig Brian Larson discusses the pitfalls of ministry with unusual honesty in Pastoral Grit: The Strength to Stand and Stay (Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1998). “My eyes were opened to what had happened to me, or rather, to what...
Read MoreA banker friend of mine was telling me of writing off bad loans at a rate of $10 to $15 million per month. That is easy to understand where I live. The shopping center on the corner near my house sold for $16 million five years...
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