Coming To a Close

One month left.  Three long, exciting, difficult, intense years in a graduate counseling/marriage and family therapy program has come down to one month.  Hard to believe.
I find it ironic somehow that I’m sitting in the same seat as I was four years ago.  Not much external has changed over the past three years.  My job, [...]

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Moses’ Training

The following article comes from a recent report from Training Ground.  It is so good, it needs no introduction.  I wanted to post it in its entirety…,

Leadership Through the Story of Moses

For Moses, 1/3 of his life is a great picture of where young men find themselves today. Till 40, Moses was “educated in all [...]

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On Assignment

One of the coolest things I’ve learned recently came from a group of friends who take seriously the call to follow Jesus in this world and into the heart of the arenas they work in, live in, and move about in. Whatever their profession, wherever they are living right now, whatever their family looks [...]

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Blood and Water

I preached a funeral once. Just once. It was for my uncle’s wife. I say it that way instead of saying “aunt” because I didn’t really know her, and she had been the second or third wife he’d taken. But she was his bride, and he loved her. She had [...]

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Restless Heart Syndrome

I’ve spent the last several nights restless, up at the early morning hours. I wrote this in my journal:
It’s early in the morning, too early to be hammering away at the keyboard, but I haven’t been able to sleep yet. I am restless and aching with longing and desire. I just finished watching an episode [...]

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For the First Time

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experiences of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspiried and success achieved.
-Helen Keller
How telling it is that Helen Keller would speak of strength and vision. It’s reminds of Ginny Owens, the blind Christian singer/songwriter, whose favorite song is Be Thou [...]

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No Small Role

What is it about days upon days of busyness that steal so much of what it means to really live? I’m always amazed at how long I can go on fumes, coasting in my most important relationships – with God, with my wife, with friends.
One of the most astounding works or results of the Cross [...]

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