“I’ve started putting intentional margins into my life…. I have designated times when I unplug the gadgets, no matter how useful they...
In Marine Corps boot camp, I was yelled off the bus, yelled into formation, yelled into marching. My uniform and equipment were...
When I was a young girl and summer days stretched long before me, I whittled away the heavy heat one page at a time. A favorite thing to do was spread out on...
Like many working people, I have an annual review. It begins as my boss and I work independently to think about my job description, yearly goals, and yearly accomplishments. Then we get together...
When I was a boy, my friends and I would play a game with our imaginations. We asked each other questions like...
Having recently left a 20-year engagement as a minister at Covenant Baptist Church, I’m suddenly asking a question that is both familiar and unfamiliar. ...
Where is God? How can we find God?Even though atheism is receiving ample attention these days, still, the vast majority of people are seeking relationship with God. Some go on pilgrimages, hoping...
What is the foundation of your life? On what do you base your well-being, your sense of purpose, your priorities and principles? We can build our lives on all sorts of things, including...
I stomped one foot, then the other on the frozen sidewalk, peering down the street, hoping to see the bus. My breath fogged the air. In the canyon of Chicago high rises, here...
For sixteen years, I was senior pastor of Irvine Presbyterian Church, a moderate-sized church in Orange County, California. Compared to most churches in America, we were large. But Irvine Pres...
December 10, 1984 ...
"What do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first and said, 'Son, go and work today in the vineyard.' 'I will not,' he answered, but...
Every now and then as I read Scripture, a word or a phrase jumps out at me. Sometimes this happens because the Spirit of God stirs in my mind. Sometimes I am simply...
In 1 Corinthians 2, Paul explains that God makes himself and his ways known to us through the Spirit: “For his Spirit searches out everything and shows us God’s deep secrets” (2:10). Apart from...
Over the years I've read thousands of blog entries at the High Calling Network, but I'm still thrilled when I discover a new blog. Don't you love it when you discover a writer...
Do you ever feel inadequate to speak of your faith?
As steam wafted from the bowl of macaroni and cheese, our son would pray. ...
I have been active in church for over fifty years. Forty-seven years ago, I came forward at a Billy Graham crusade and accepted Jesus as my Lord and Savior. I have heard the...
What is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him? You made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory...
While on the road recently, I stopped in at Sheetz, my favorite gas station. If you’re not familiar with it, Sheetz is a chain found in Pennsylvania and a few other mid-Atlantic states...
