Living Unfiltered For God

I went to a wedding last night. I didn’t want to go. If there was any way I could have gotten out of it, I would have. But there wasn’t....

A few days back, I heard a worship song that I hadn’t heard in a long time: Gracefully Broken, by Matt Redman. It’s a beautiful song and...

Sometimes you have to work with the hand your dealt as best you can – and trust the Dealer. I thought I’d start this post a little...

Today, as I write and post this, my wife Barbara has been in her Heavenly home for three months. In that time, I have experienced many...

As I write this, we are less than 12 hours away from ringing in a new year. Personally, my enthusiasm for this event is a bit tempered...

Pain. Sorrow. Disappointment. Longing. Emptiness. Void. Brokenness. Alone. Confusion. Lost. Uncertain. Fear. These 12 words – and many...

As I write this, we are just a little more than a day away from Thanksgiving. Typically, this is one of my favorite days of the year, and...

Have you ever had one of those seasons in life where you want to say to God, “OK, God, I get it! I hear you!” Ironically, this can only...

(Originally Published November 18, 2018. A recent conversation with a couple of friends prompted me to repost this. And follow it soon...

Did you ever experience something that triggered a memory from years earlier that you hadn’t thought about in years? I had one such...

If I were to ask you for the first word that comes to your mind when I say the word “island”, what would it be? In fact, what was the...

We’re going to jump right into some red-letter words of Jesus, recorded in the Gospel of John… “Very truly I tell you, whoever believes...

Some of what I love the most about the Christmas season are there traditions. Those things you look forward to the other 10 or 11 months...

Early last month our church held its annual Men’s Retreat – a time for the men to step away from the grind of the day-to-day and to focus...

While in church this morning, I was reminded of a piece I’ve wanted to write in this space for a long time. A reminder, or a primer if...

A few weeks back, while headed to our small group from church, a friend who was riding with my wife Barbara and I, asked me a seemingly...

What is your favorite day of the week? Is it Friday? The end of the work week (for many), time to get ready for the weekend! Or maybe...

Let me say from the outset that this post could never be as long as it needs to be. What does that mean? It means that the events that...

As I write this, Christmas is two weeks away. Are you excited? If not, or even if you are, is some other emotion getting the marquee...

This year at Thanksgiving, we are grateful to You, God our Father… Not just for what You’ve given us, but what You’ve kept us from. Not...