I wonder how much our lives would improve ... how much the QUALITY of our lives would improve, if some of us said no more. Not just so we can "say no," but so we can say a really big YES to the things we are sure God is calling us to. What might your […]

Sacred space is an absolute necessity for anybody today. You must have a room, or a certain hour or so a day, where you don’t know what was in the newspapers that morning, you don’t know who your friends are, you don’t know what you owe anybody, you don’t know what anybody owes to you. […]

As spring rolls in, and the birds start to chirp earlier and earlier each morning, I am reminded of a Stephen Covey quote that always inspired me and my early morning walking friend of over 15 years. Here it is: "If we can overcome the pull of the flesh to arise early in the morning […]

As we approach the celebration of Easter, the resurrection of Jesus ... preceded, of course, by the rememberance of Good Friday, the crucifixion of Jesus, I have been pondering two little thoughts these days: 1. I read this the other day: 90% of sermons preached in the American church can be summed up in two […]

Doing some great reading on GRACE for my Easter teaching ... and stumbled upon this beautiful statement. See if it doesn't lift your spirits today: "The gospel liberates us to be okay with not being okay. We know we're not - though we try very hard to convince other people we are. But the gospel […]

"Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others." (Cicero)