My son told me recently that at his Christian college a student has chosen to fly Buddhist prayer flags off the dorm balcony.
Perfect. Of course they did. It is a classic picture of the...
My son told me recently that at his Christian college a student has chosen to fly Buddhist prayer flags off the dorm balcony.
Perfect. Of course they did. It is a classic picture of the...
I had a remarkable and unexpected opportunity this last weekend.
I'd gone back to southern California to visit my aging parents. My dad is in a nursing home know and it was good to see him....
Stasi and I ran into an old acquaintance this last week. Someone we hadn't seen in what felt like eons. My reaction was somewhat surprising.
I wanted to throw myself on the ground and thank...
I love a good burrito.
Warm, home-made tortilla, carnitas or barbacoa steeped in their own juices for hours, fresh salsa, rice, beans, guacamole - o man, I'm...
hi gang. I'm back. From my sabbatical. (In case you were wondering "where the heck has he been?" I've been on sabbatical for the past several months.)
It was really good. I was in desperate...
I know. I know. In the world of blogging I have been gone since, like, the 17th Century. I woke up this morning and realised, "You just disappeared, John, and didn't tell them where you were going...
So, yesterday was the official "first day of summer," if you hadn't noticed. Summer has begun.
I was thinking about the name of Jesus. How it means "God saves," or, "God is our deliverer, our salvation."
One of my favorite movies is an old Robert Duvall picture called Tender Mercies. Great story of an alcoholic country western star who hits bottom hard, finds Christ and a woman who loves him, gets...
Let's change the world.
I mean it. Let's change the world.
This thing we do over here called Wild at Heart has basically one mission: rescue hearts, and thus rescue lives, and thus...
A few years ago Morgan gave the guys on the team a book called The Everlasting Stream. It sounds like a devotional, but its not, not even a Christian book. Its a book about a big city guy whose...
It's spring break, and we are in the desert for a few days. Why? People who live at 7,000 feet don't ask. Because last week my yard got another 7 inches of snow; 3 more are due tonight.
...Okay, I love this holiday. St Patrick was a warrior, sent into a raging pagan country to bring a Gospel of Life and Freedom. He gave the Irish a Story that put all other stories in context; he gave...
So, I'm walking across the parking lot today back towards Whole Foods. I'd finished my shopping, put the bags in my truck, but I'd forgotten a fork. To eat my lunch. Anyhow, I'm walking cross the...
While Jesus was in Bethany in the home of a man known as Simon the Leper, a woman came to him with an...
It's Sunday. Stasi and I were just sitting in my office at home, talking about the fact that this is the week we start the Love and War Tour. I said, "Okay. Anything funky between us this week," (I...
Every year, on New year's Day, I try and take some time to be with God, and ask him a few questions.
I love singing Christmas carols. I love what their words remind me of. Just this morning Stasi was singing a few refrains from O Holy Night and it absolutely grabbed me:
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