Too Late to Say You’re Sorry

This is going to be a very difficult post for me to write. I don’t want to write it, but I must. I feel compelled by the Holy Spirit to reach out to someone out there whose life is teetering on a precipice, someone who is ready to give up.
Maybe that’s you. Maybe it’s someone you know.
For me, it was my (more…)

Seared Goat and Roasted Mutton

My youngest son came home with a fancy guitar pedal contraption last night that he had found on Craig’s List. The previous owner needed cash and decided to unload it cheaply to ensure a quick sale. The young man asked my son what he would do with the pedal. 
“I’m going to use it when I lead worship,” my son said.
“I used (more…)

Don’t Lose Your Muchness

From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked.—Luke 12:48

The late Robert Kennedy of the famed and privileged Kennedy clan often quoted that verse to his family. Given much, they demanded much of themselves. The family viewed public service as its way of giving back.

People (more…)

Work Is Not a Four-Letter Word

I have a reputation for working hard. My clients know it, my friends know it, and my family certainly knows it. Raised in a low-frills environment, I was taught that if I wanted something, I worked for it. Growing our own vegetables, hunting, fishing and working multiple jobs were all part of day-to-day life. 
I took that work ethic with me as (more…)

Happy Not-the-Same-Old Year

We often meet the new year with good intentions – usually the typical plans to exercise more, eat less, write that magnum opus, or launch into a new hobby. Truth is, however, we may come into the new year so beaten down by the old one that our resolutions have lost their steam before the train ever left the platform. 
How do (more…)
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