What Can I Learn from Cancer?
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 …
Intimate Theology
Happy Further’s Day
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 …
Don’t Believe Your Own Headlines
In ninth grade, my brother Andy’s locker
partner (the school drug supplier) had a bad trip on LSD. The bad trip
continued in a small series of scary flashbacks, and Kevin asked Andy if God …
Does Prayer Work?
Someone recently asked me to write an
endorsement for his upcoming book on intercessory prayer. He read my book on Hearing God in Conversation and wrote a
positive review on Amazon.
His …
Meeting Jesus in Mystery
I recently read an article in which the author rejects any kind of fear of God. He especially hates the beavers’ descriptions of Aslan in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe:
“I shall feel rather …
I Was Ashamed of Myself
I was small for my age. When I graduated from high school, I was 5 feet 7 inches and 120 pounds. (I added 2 inches and 25 pounds in the first two years of college.) In middle school, I was even …
Mission Idolatry
Last summer I met with a pastor who serves a church near a large campus. As the university grew in prestige, it attracted thousands of international students, many of whom had little exposure to …
Measuring Fruit
My father pastored five different churches between 1949 and 1994. His first four churches averaged 200 members, and his last church grew from 250 to 750 during his ten years of care.
A few years …