There’s a place so lonely, so frightening, it’s closer to hope than you can imagine.
I’ve been traveling a lot over the past few months (hence not a lot of blogs from me), and I had two eye-opening encounters during that time, both coincidentally in Texas. The first was in early March when I and some colleagues, one of whom was African …
Today, while filling up my Chick-fil-A mug with my second dose of coffee, I met a lively, elderly man we will call Bill. Intrigued at my involvement in Focus, Bill began to ask where my comrades and my stomping grounds were. We listed off three differe …
This morning I read with sadness that Sono Harris, mother of our friends Josh, Brett and Alex Harris, passed away this weekend. It is another tragedy in a recent string of them. (Ted wrote about this in “Asking Why?”) Then I read this profile about wor …
One thing about not working on a Monday: It makes it easier to hold onto what you just heard on Sunday. On a normal Monday, you roll into your activities so fast that the sermon you just heard the day before sometimes seems very distant. (If someone as …
There’s something that’s been bugging me recently: how I can write a blog post with the best of intentions that sets off a horrible, no-good, very bad conversation. At that point, I wish to recall my post — not because I regret its content — but beca …
How do your mom and dad talk about faith with you as a young adult? Is it an integral part of your relationship with them or are they more hands-off, not wanting to push their beliefs on you? Whatever the dynamic in your family, studies show that paren …
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