In one of the retreats that I give around the country, I have a particular presentation about how to heal the weaknesses of our modern age. I use examples from…
It was an old suit, but I loved it! It had both sentimental value and the added benefit of actually fitting me! But my dear bride said it had to…
I love this Armed Forces Motto: “The more you sweat in training, the less you bleed in battle.” Isn’t that great? In other words, when you put the time into…
I really like to write and I enjoy public speaking, but I had a hint of my tendency to wordiness when my first time in seminary produced a comment from…
I was embarrassed. I was ashamed. I had wandered into the wrong place. Everything about me screamed "he doesn't belong here!" And it was confirmed when a waiter came to…
He told me “Never say ‘never.'” Of course, at the time I missed the humor in that contradictory command. But, still, there is wisdom there. Whenever I counsel couples or…
"Until you have eradicated the evils in your heart, do not obey it, because the heart seeks to increase what it already has stored inside." St Mark the Ascetic, On…
Ever thought about giving up? Yeah, I know. What time is it? I confess to struggling with this temptation all the time. And the temptation to give up seems to…
Have you ever heard of the story of the donkey who saved a prophet’s life by talking to him? And you thought your dreams were strange! Seriously, this powerful story…
"It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones, after all." So says the author of Little House on the Prairie, Laura Ingalls Wilder. But life…