Nov
24
2025
One of the gorgeous books we are reading as a family is by Makoto Fujimura called “Art is a journey into the light.” He and his wife are dear friends of ours. His wife built a powerful ministry for...
Nov
21
2025
Why should Thanksgiving be limited to one calendar day a year? Giving thanks can be so much more than watching football all day, eating piles of delicious food that later make us miserable, Christmas shopping, a four-day weekend.
Thanks-Giving is...
Nov
17
2025
Shann and I went with our daughter Bella as part of a ministry team to work with children born into brothels. Mumbai, India has buildings housing brothels that have been operational for over two hundred years, the oldest continuous...
Nov
14
2025
Imagine making a blanket guarantee that all things, meaning everything in your life, will work out for good! Consider this life guarantee written by St. Paul, who was beheaded at the end of his life: All things will work...
Nov
12
2025
I love Henri Nouwen. I imagine him spending time with Dad in heaven. Henri always longed for a deeply loving friend, and he would have found that in Dad. They both deeply valued friendship and wanted LOVE to prevail.
I...
Nov
10
2025
Two passages of scripture have been resonating in my mind. The first is Jesus healing the widow’s only son and not only healing but raising him from the dead. Jesus does this act not as a response to a...
Nov
07
2025
Change is all around us! There is a constant alteration, meaning a difference from one condition to another. Look at the world events, seasons, day and night, daylight savings time, government, legal laws, athletic teams and games, an individual's...
Nov
05
2025
Dad loved Ignatius. He had a very Ignatian sensibility as a coach. Ignatius knew his call was to help people move toward a healed life through Christ. He saw how the decision to live wisely came through listening to...
Oct
31
2025
5 BILLION spent on Halloween each year; the second biggest money making celebration of the year. Who said capitalism is dead?
2000 years ago the Celts believed they could talk with the visiting dead. The invading Romans turned this Irish...
Oct
29
2025
One of the gifts my dad gave me was curiosity and the discipline to seek out the “why” of life. My dad understood the need for curiosity around complex issues and topics such as suffering and pain. He explored...
