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A Lesson From My Dog

A Lesson From My Dog

Gracie was sniffing the air in our backyard while Joy and I were finishing breakfast. We could see her through the large windows stretching across the rear wall of our house.  As we watched, Gracie picked up her ball, trotted to the window, placed the ball on the...
Struggling With The Truth

Struggling With The Truth

My father-in-law used to say, “They don’t cut pants as full as they used to.” It didn’t seem to occur to him that he was taking up a bit more space inside those trousers than he did when he was a younger man. This used to make me smile. Until I reached my sixties....
Finding Hope

Finding Hope

This is an excerpt from my new book Looking for God in Messy Places: A Book about Hope. Joy and I had been stunned to learn that our daughter, Meredith, had a hole in her heart. She was an energetic, happy baby. During a routine healthy-baby visit, our pediatrician...
How the Light Gets In

How the Light Gets In

Thomas died somewhere along the southwest coast of India. According to an ancient text called Acts of Thomas, King Misdeus, a local ruler, blew his stack when Thomas converted his Queen, his son, and his sister-in-law to the Way of Jesus. In response, Misdeus ordered...