Life is a trip. My son turned thirteen today.
It really does feel like it was yesterday that my little guy was born. After a brief touch of crying, he looked up with those dark, observing eyes and quietly took in the view of his awestruck green parents. And we were never the same.
The hospital let us take him home. [...]

I have been reading and studying the gospel of Matthew along with friends in my church, and it has been pretty mind blowing. This Sunday I am going to be speaking from Matthew 13, where Jesus likens our hearts to soil.
For me personally, the analogy is challenging. Have I let what is true be choked [...]

It’s still so unreal. I have a Haitian friend who works in the Dominican Republic; his wife and children live in Haiti. When the earthquake hit, he emailed me to tell me he was going home and wasn’t sure where his family was, or if they were okay.
I don’t know what that’s like. It broke [...]

I realize how valuable new starts are. It’s a challenging, encouraging feeling to have a blank canvas, a newly tilled field, an open road. Fresh commitments are fueled by the thought: “This time I’m going to make it! I can feel it!”
It’s why January is considered the most disciplined month of the year. We have [...]