What Inspired me This Election
I’m no Pollyanna. I can be as critical and cynical and passionate about my position as the next guy. I can’t bear to watch Nancy Grace, and I’m super concerned about the financial cliff, and I yell at...
View ArticleWhy my Daughter is Crying
As I may have mentioned Most people within a five hundred mile radius know that our daughter Maggie is getting married. 34 days, 9 hours and 27 minutes from this moment. I’m not gonna kid you. We’ve...
View ArticleWhat a Drive-By Taught me About Peace in Israel
Peace. We hear a lot about it. Or the lack of it. We talk about it when we talk about the Olympics. Or Syria. Or anywhere there’s been a shooting at a mall or school. In a few weeks I’m heading...
View ArticleOne Prompt and Three Ways to Become More Like Jesus
I really hate the term “spiritual discipline”. To me it sounds legalistic and rigid and joy-less and not very Jesus-y. Which is ironic, because “spiritual discipline” is about becoming more like Jesus....
View Article3 Questions For Tense Days in America
It’s been an unsettling couple weeks, hasn’t it? Kind of like someone shook up our snow globe of life and we’re trying to figure out where things are going to settle. Sunday morning husband John and I...
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