Healing our hearts

Healing our wounded hearts is a lot of fun, isn’t it? What’s often the most difficult at first is trying to find a way of seeing hope. Because when we’re broken, we’re broken. It kind of depends on how our hearts have been wounded. The specific kinds of trauma we endure. Because those traumas, those […]

Interstate love song

With apologies to Stone Temple Pilots for my title: I completed my annual pilgrimage to drop off then pick up my daughter at the Orlando International Airport a week ago so she could spend the holidays with her mom. The commutes provided ample opportunity for me to reflect on the ulcer-inducing horror adventure of driving […]

The sin of self-deception: Christian Idolatry, Part II

Before tackling the three crises in America I talked about in my last post here, there is a little-recognized sin we need to discuss. Whenever Christians debate about what sin is the one from which all other human problems emerge, pride is usually named. And that’s probably true – the root of the Fall as […]

When the thrill is gone: Coping with midlife

One of the main reasons I like to write is it helps me process the emotions I feel and the challenging situations I stumble through day to day. By being open about what I experience and how I think, I hope something I say resonates with others going through similar circumstances. That said, I’ve been […]

When friends abandon you

“My heart is in anguish within me; the terrors of death have fallen on me. Fear and trembling beset me; horror has overwhelmed me. I said, ‘Oh, that I had the wings of a dove! I would fly away and be at rest. I would flee far away and stay in the desert; I would […]

My book available now

Lost the Plot: Finding Our Story in a Confusing World, available in paperback, hard cover, and eBook on Amazon, Bookshop, and Wipf & Stock

My book is Available

After many years of work, I’m thrilled to announce my book, “Lost the Plot: Finding Our Story in a Confusing World,” has been published by Resource Publications, an imprint of Wipf & Stock, and is immediately available for purchase (follow the link)! Thank you to everyone who has followed this blog over the years, though […]