When my son Christian was a little boy, one of his favorite things to do was to burst into a room shouting, “Ta-da!” at the top of his lungs. He took great delight in presenting himself, whether he was in his best clothes or just a diaper. It never occurred to him that we would [...]

I knew something was wrong when I said, “Amen” and opened my eyes. I didn’t expect applause, after all, it was a prayer but neither did I expect the scrutiny of the entire prayer group intentionally focused on me. “What?” I said. “What was that?” Richard asked. “It was a prayer,” I replied indignantly. “You [...]

What if this was always the plan? What if the greatest mystery of the gospel is that God’s light shines through broken glass with greater intensity than through unmarred windows? What if the greatest gift we have to give to each other is the rags of our ruin and God’s redemption? What if we stopped [...]

You Belong Here To listen to the song, hit on the title in blue beside the sand This is a dream I have That there might be a place And before I cross the threshold they recognize my face They’ve been expecting me The table has been set, the beds already made And they turn [...]

When I lived in Nashville in the late nineties, I was a frequent shopper, so to speak, at the Humane Society. I would stop by a couple times a week and donate supplies, take a look at all the pets, and check on which ones had been adopted. Every now and then if there was [...]