Thanksgiving was a good time. We had, at the peak of the crowd, ten people in our small lake house in Granbury, and most of us stayed for five days. Ten people, …
One of my favorite photographs is one I didn’t take myself, but one I found. It’s of a hero of mine – George Sheehan. He was a physician who started running in the …
We were at our daughter Katie’s house in Mansfield, deciding when to eat Thanksgiving Dinner, when I said, “I didn’t expect following God to be trial-and-error.” …
I recently made my annual trip to Colorado for Base Camp Gathering, a men’s weekend with The Noble Heart ministries, at Bear Trap Ranch. It’s my opportunity to …
Spiritual retreats have significantly impacted my life. During a retreat, something shifts in my heart, like a ratchet rotates it one way and it won’t twist back. In a concentrated time of prayer and …
One morning, in my Daily Bible, I read a long hammerfest by the prophet Amos against a collection of evil nations: the Syrians, Philistines, Tyre, Edomites, …
In many Christian circles there is
controversy over the use (or even the existence) of many spiritual gifts. But almost
everyone agrees that one gift has been overlooked for too long, and …
I’ve used my Scripture Meditation Plan for decades. It begins with a psalm of the day, and last Thursday’s was Psalm 37. It is best known for this one sentence: “Delight yourself in the Lord, and he …
Four weeks ago, my doctor told me that recent
tests indicate a high likelihood I have kidney cancer. The tests were the result of an appointment I
made because I felt run down. I thought I …
Elisabeth Elliot is best known for being
a widowed-missionary, speaker, adjunct professor, and author of over twenty
books. She is least known for her one and only novel, No Graven Image.
It’s …
I dislike Hallmark Holidays. Yet I love
to give flowers to my wife on Valentine’s day, and I like to honor my parents
on Mother’s and Father’s Day (after all, they put up with my innumerable …