Oct
01
2025
Shann’s new novel, Where Blackbirds Fly, releases officially today. It was a long journey full of suffering. He would start writing at 10:00 or 11:00 pm. He would pound the keys with a dizzying speed, pause in a look...
Sep
26
2025
“...LIFE ONLY BEGINS WHEN IT ENDS HERE ON EARTH” – Bonhoeffer
St. Paul has often been quoted, “Death where is thy victory, where is thy sting?” In some mysterious way, both the apostle Paul and German martyr Dietrich Bonhoeffer discovered...
Sep
24
2025
Look at this beautiful interaction Jesus has with both a Pharisee and a woman in the Book of Luke.
36 A Pharisee invited Jesus to have dinner with him, and Jesus went to his house and sat down to eat....
Sep
22
2025
In my walk as a Christian for many years, one of the biggest surprises to me is how consistent God is at surprising me when I feel the most need for Him. It often happens when I’ve exhausted all...
Sep
19
2025
Basketball has taught me that victory comes when you bounce back from difficulty. Lifeball is a far tougher game to play than basketball.
Psalm 100 is my bedrock to come back from a rough day. I enter His gates with thanksgiving....
Sep
17
2025
The scripture reading today focused on the word, “amazed.” I consider this word prayerfully.
In the Greek it is not a fleeting feeling, but something we feel in our core. It is a sense of deepest awe, humility, joy, and...
Sep
08
2025
My dad could discern the root motives of others. He could look past the behavior and see the unconscious compulsions of shame, envy, greed, selfishness, or fear. He could also see these inner drivers with tremendous love and compassion.
I...
Sep
03
2025
I sense that some people from other sports industries look with disdain at me on any praise delivered to “Jesus” as though I am delivering something fanatical or cultish.
Sadly, there have been countless examples of fanatics and even cruel...
Aug
25
2025
I have a sign on my office door that I made that reads, “First Word Joy.” I consider how differently my day begins when I select to focus on delight in God, life, and people. How surprising the contrast...
Aug
18
2025
My dad was an incredible father precisely because he created a home where we could point out ways he was not a great father, and he would ask forgiveness and change. He did not project his guilt back on...
