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January 2014

January 30, 2014

I have no right to happiness

The pursuit of happiness isn't a Christian imperative. But we act like it is –...

January 27, 2014

God Could Care Less About the Super Bowl (But He’s Crazy About You)

He can force fumbles and cause crows to fly into receivers outstretched arms. He can...

January 23, 2014

To lose something doesn’t mean you are lost

I once lost a watch. It was a gift from my uncle who had passed...

January 20, 2014

Why the Good News isn’t enough. There has to be the bad, too

As homosexual marriage sweeps our land, we are told that these are loving couples who...

January 14, 2014

It’s Poetry at Work Day

Thanks to my friend Glynn Young who penned a fabulous book and his cheerleaders over...

January 12, 2014

What does your fence say about you?

Have you ever shared a backyard with multiple neighbors? I once lived in a house...

January 06, 2014

I wonder if He laughed?

During Creation, I imagine God smiling while he worked. With great joy, he painted the...

December 2013

December 30, 2013

Does this article make me look fat?

"How do I look? Do these pants fit right? Is this shirt tight across the...

December 23, 2013

How can I find peace this Christmas?

The blinking cursor greets me. “How can I find peace?” I type slowly, feeling a little...

December 20, 2013

The Perfect Gift for Your Boss (Who’s Probably the Last Person on the List)

Show a little respect You don’t have to be buddies with the boss. You don’t...

December 16, 2013

How to find hope when all is lost

Too many live life full of regrets. The relationship that they lost. The vocation they...

December 09, 2013

The one gift every person needs. The one gift every person can give.

What I lost in childhood experiences, I gained in lifetime lessons. It is more blessed...

December 02, 2013

Telling better stories about ourselves to ourselves

“Beloved.” “Forgiven.” “Perfect.” Those aren't easy words to swallow, given the pig stalls I’ve slopped....

November 2013

November 27, 2013

What does your favorite pie say about you?

With smeared index cards, we try to relive those days. The ingredients are familiar to...

November 25, 2013

Stuffed bird, empty heart

My mission was to pick up a few apples at the grocery store. How hard...

November 18, 2013

When the Escape Plan Doesn’t Work Out So Well

I grabbed my backpack, took an apple from the bowl on the table, pocketed two...

November 11, 2013

Everyday abundance. “I have enough”

It's bad enough that on the average day, you and I will be faced with...

November 04, 2013

What’s in Your Backyard?

Every once in a while, someone hands me a shovel and says “dig.” While the...

October 2013

October 29, 2013

Please — can someone else be in charge?

We cling to the wall, hiding our ability. We know full well that we could...

October 25, 2013

When the fruit isn’t ripe, but the season is at an end

The tomatoes are still green, but the freeze is coming. It's sad that they won't...

October 22, 2013

Whose team is God on?

Athletes – and people in the marketplace – should not be afraid to ask for...

October 17, 2013

Upward mobility can bring you down

Three in 4 employees say they have no desire to move up in their organizations....

October 14, 2013

“That’s not funny” — Revisiting the things we laugh at

But what I laugh at is a reflection of the sou and what I laugh...

October 09, 2013

Perfect Timing

As the omniscient, omnipresent Deity, God is not bound by the confines of space or...

October 07, 2013

The book is published. So now what?

It was funny reading the book months after I had put it to bed. I...

October 02, 2013

Why are so many businesses owned by people of faith?

But another, more likely conclusion can be reached. Faith in God inspires assurance to operate...

September 2013

September 16, 2013

Don’t miss this moment

Life is total time continuum. The 70 years or so that I’ll live make up...

September 04, 2013

Is a private faith a real faith?

Christians are in a quandary. We know the divine imperative to live out our faith....

August 2013

August 28, 2013

How real is your fear of failure?

Our learned fears come from letting someone down at some point, of not living up...

August 22, 2013

Taking a rest from knowing it all

ll of this access to knowledge really hasn’t made society any smarter. We’re still blundering...