Jul
16
2025
There is nothing like watching someone experience salvation joy. Last week, a young coach stopped by our office. His face glowed, he smiled ear to ear, and there was an inner light.
I invited him to sit with us at...
Jul
14
2025
I love listening to stories of scripture. I spend time with the familiar story of the Good Samaritan. Jesus tells this story in response to a question about how we should be living our life. He says we should...
Jul
09
2025
We are memorizing Psalm 34 as a staff. Some are working on verses 1-4, and some are trying for all 22 verses.
The beginning starts, “I will bless the Lord at all times.” I consider how to bless God, especially...
Jun
30
2025
My dad was not mechanical. He could not look at a problem in the house and fix it. My dad was relational, and he understood life at an emotional and spiritual level. He could look at a problem in...
Jun
16
2025
The NBC office staff and I are memorizing Romans 5:3-5. It is a powerful and counterintuitive passage. The line that is so shocking says, “We also exult in our tribulations.” At a staff meeting we considered synonyms for the...
Jun
15
2025
Happy Father’s Day is so much more than a just a happy… Father’s… day…
There are at last three valuable celebrations during this day to honor Fatherhood.
The privilege to express profound gratitude to the person who is a true...
Jun
04
2025
We recently visited a church on Stanford University’s campus. It is magnificent and breathtaking. There are tiny gold mosaics reminiscent of St Mark’s in Venice built in honor of the son who died in Italy, Leeland Stanford Jr. He...
Jun
02
2025
I have been invited to speak on several podcasts lately, and the hosts are curious about my father and the practice of forgiveness in our home. My dad was a remarkable father and my mom is a remarkable mother...
May
30
2025
The need to belong and to have something of value to belong to; the need to have success and be recognized for this success; the need to love and be loved.
Just one of the many tragedies of modern-day education...
May
28
2025
I am thinking about Numbers 21:6-9 and the snakes again that bit and killed the thankless people of God. It is such a powerful metaphor for complaining and lack of gratitude— Snakes biting people who grumble and are ungrateful....
