A few days ago I woke up around midnight with roiling emotions. It wasn’t a personal conflict, but I felt conflicted about a set of relationships in my life…
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There is little more polarizing in our modern culture than the political scene. As Christians, we must find another way—the way of love…
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I have never had reconstructive surgery, but returning from a month’s sabbatical, I feel like I know what that must feel like…
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Almost every moment of our lives involves a transition of some sort—letting go of one thing, letting something old die, and opening our hearts to something new…
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I am a recovering Judger. Judging others is a professional hazard for being human. We come by it honestly. Sometimes it’s hardwired into our personalities. Sometimes…
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Have you ever felt set up by God? You read something… You hear something… You have a conversation about something. They all seem to be isolated thoughts—until they’re not.
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As a coach, I usually get hired to help people with meaningful work—a career transition, leading a company, writing a book, taking a sabbatical, and all sorts of other worthy endeavors…
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We were sitting in the living room with a glass of wine when Dad turned and remarked to me, “I’ve been praying for joy for you.” Internally, that simple comment launched a cacophony of voices…
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A few days ago I was lying in bed, getting ready to go to sleep, and listening to my nightly devotional—a beautiful daily audio recording by a group of British Jesuits called “Pray As You Go”…
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I was nine years old when I unwrapped a most wonderful Christmas present—my first guitar! I immediately started taking lessons from a family friend who taught me the basics…
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What really makes the first week of January any different from the last week of December (barring holidays)? It’s the week that most of us really get back to work…
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Among modern Christ-followers we often substitute going to church as the contemporary equivalent of Sabbath-keeping. But these two things are substantially different…
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When was the last time you held your breath? When my wife Kellie was a kid, she played a game with her siblings where they tried to hold their breath whenever they drove over a bridge…
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Right at the heart of the human story is our daily struggle between the True Self and the False Self. The greatest purpose of our life journey is to let go of the false and incarnate the true…
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The movie Groundhog Day (1993) was more than an enormously entertaining and genuinely funny romp; it is the quintessential story of transformation….
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From time to time we uncover a new paradigm that leads us to a whole new way of thinking: maybe an experience that shows you what you were always meant to do with your life…
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Kellie sent me a song to listen to by one of our favorite artists, Will Reagan. One of his lyrics says, “I’m just beginning to love you. I’m just beginning to know you.” Do you relate to that?
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Kellie and I were driving the mountain road between Damascus, VA and our home in Boone, NC recently when a motorcycle approaching from the other direction started waving his hand…
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