I know it’s late June, but I have a September story for you. For three or four minutes let the deep colors of bronze and gold and the smell of burning leaves take center stage, replacing the blue, the high clouds and the shimmering heat horizons of summer.🍁 Imagine...

Twenty-five years ago I faced what theologians call a crisis of faith. I suppose all of us go through something like this at one time or another. It was awful; I felt like everything I believed in was being shaken to its core. But there it is, friends. The writer of...

We were in downtown Kansas City and the Plaza was busy…lots of people going lots of places. I love the Plaza and all the energy and fun of it. After a pretty great meal at the Cheesecake Factory, we walked around, ducking into stores periodically to defrost because...

I’ve been working on a deliberate little plan this summer and early fall. It’s been just kind of a sweet, simple experiment. Earlier this year, my daughter and I were talking about how fast time goes...like how just a few days ago she was a little blonde-headed cutie...

I wrote this several months ago and I share it a bit hesitantly. It's partly allegorical and I suppose there are always dangers with allegory - even a little of it. Someone may misunderstand or point out the discrepancy between solid scripture and a writer’s...

I was sitting on the couch a couple of nights ago and my phone lit up.  It was a message from one of my best friends and she dumped a whole lot of encouragement into my lap in the space of about 4 small paragraphs of text.  I read the words she had sent and...

I’ve talked with a couple of friends lately who both mentioned that they struggle with one of the foundational tenets of Christianity...the belief that God loves them. They have no trouble whatsoever believing that God loves others...it’s the jump from “them to me”...