I had a bad dream last night. I won’t go into the details, but it essentially involved chaos all around me—in the world around me.

I woke up before dawn because I needed to pray; Jesus prompted me to check a text from a friend overseas....

I had nearly written off summer.

Stasi and I have a lot of obligations this year, some good, some simply necessary. But when I began to look at our calendar, it was so full of commitments I shrugged my shoulders and said in my heart, Oh...

I’ve been thinking a lot about refuge.

Across the British Isles, particularly on Scotland and Ireland’s rugged coastlines, stand the remains of ancient stone towers, some of them thousands of years old. They fascinate me. Most are on the...

A very Merry Christmas season to you!

I’m betting that the flurry of the holidays has everyone quite busy, so I’ll just share a few thoughts.

First and foremost, a big, sincere “thank you!” from Stasi and me and our team for the...

A very happy summer to each of you! 

I really hope you have something on the calendar by way of rest and joy this summer. Even if it’s “only” evenings on the balcony or your back deck, summer can be so lovely and restorative. Let the...

This is a letter on how to pray for the people you love—especially those who do not yet love Jesus or see the Truth in him.

I’m moved to share this for two reasons.

First, because it’s where many of my own heart-cries have been...

Well…2023 is out of the gates and down the track––even though my soul didn’t really get on board until late January! (Friends of ours still have their Christmas decorations up; their souls haven’t been able to make the transition yet!) Ready or...

Dear Friends,

A very merry Christmastide to you…wherever and whenever this letter finds you!

I don’t need to say much this month; the holidays for most people are typically full enough. 

I do want to say, before anything else...

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.– Psalm 23:1 In his beautiful book Life Without Lack, Dallas Willard unpacks the meaning of Psalm 23:1 with these words: I am in the care of someone else. I’m not the one in charge. I’ve taken my kingdom...