Stalking the Wild iPhone
When my dog Fred and I stepped into the park for an evening stroll last night, I noticed the pocket where I’d stuck my iPhone had gone empty. Don’t panic …
Clifford and Colleen Find Love
It had been a rewarding but exhausting week at one of those events where my time neatly split between talking to large audiences and listening to one-souled audiences. After …
“The Vote”: What Would Mary Say?
. . . because we know she wouldn’t be allowed to vote. From private, locked-away meetings to wide-open social media forums, the 7th day Adventist Church has wrung out this …
The Love Cure for Addiction
As I researched infant bonding for my latest book, a far-reaching reality slowly dawned on me: God created us for a peace found only in love. Here’s that reality in …
Summer Evenings
They settle down on a neighborhood with the gentle ecstasy of flying Frisbees and shared tomatoes. They cause a kind of intoxication, but a wholesome, allowable one. They’re perfect for …
Jesus’ Kind of Feminism*
This week I’ve feasted my heart on a study of Jesus’ relationships with women. Amazing things happened inside of me. Passion rekindled. Apathy disappeared. My desire to follow Him to …
No Food for Two Weeks!
. . . actually, 17 days to be exact. Why? The Bible gives this reason: “The whole creation groans,” (Romans 8:22). I’ll fill in the blanks: In an attempt to …
You Become What You Think You Are
People tend to become what they think they are. Studies validate this, but so do common sense and experience. For instance, which one of us can’t remember a fidgety grade …
Fear. God. Love.
Test your knowledge. Put your hand over the screen and guess the three most common mental disorders in the US. They are, in order, with lifetime prevalence rates: Anxiety disorders …
Forgiveness–the Mightiest Sword
Dear Friends, On Oct. 2, 2006, Charles Carl Roberts IV barged into an Amish one-room school house in Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania brandishing a gun. His ensuing shooting spree killed five …