Learning To Accept The Supernatural I have believed in God as long as I can remember. I was blessed to be raised in a home where Christian faith wasn’t just …
Spiritual Disciplines for a 600-pound Troll and His Little Lady
Clothes are better if they fit you, and so are spiritual disciplines I rise most days at 6:30 AM. I am not a morning person. Those two facts clash. I …
Life on the Road
The parts where it speaks about Jesus traveling would have been draining, but it was one of the many sacrifices He made so others can hear, and see the Kingdom of God.
Prepare to Fight
When I was a teenager, I watched the movie Fight Club and it made me want to fight in a way I hadn’t felt before. It kind of scared me, …
Be a Wise Man
A unique part of the Biblical Christmas story involves “wise men” who saw a star and embarked on a journey to locate and worship the child Jesus. The wise men, …
The Gift of Life
Life – What a precious gift! So beautiful, so fragile, so undeserved. Its value is so vast it cannot be accurately described with words or quantified with numbers. It cannot be bought or …
Five Guideposts to Help You Raise Jesus Followers
No maps. No GPS. Few street signs. Those are three important reasons why I don’t drive in developing countries; I’d get lost. Raising our kids to follow Christ is a …
Four Essential Loves: Heart, Soul, Mind & Strength
What does it mean to love God this much? With all my heart, with all my soul, with all my mind and all my strength?
Saint Up!
Every fall, I teach a 12-week course at Ambrose seminary on personal and spiritual formation, and every year I quote French poet Leon Bloy: “The only real sadness, the only real failure, the only great tragedy in life, …
Being Thankful is a Discipline to Develop
‘Tell us one thing you are thankful for before we eat’. How many times have you heard that? How many times have you been the one to initiate this dialogue on Thanksgiving …