I got another "no" today for a job I applied to. It wasn't surprising but it still stung. And it was another small little grief to...

One perk to my old job was our "Healthy Initiative Program." We set personal goals and, at the end of each quarter, if we achieved our...

Last week our daughter Abby did something really brave ... she flew across the country by herself in pursuit of heart-healing. She was...

That job meant a lot to me. I planned to retire from there ... to grow with the ministry ... to leave when I felt the Lord leading. In my...

The day after Christmas I woke up and wrote in my journal, "The reason for the hope I have is Jesus - Him, His presence, Him as Immanuel...

Three weeks ago I lost my job and, with it, the community I had done life with for the last 9 years. The job brought a sense of purpose,...

I'm starting to change . . . THE change. The verse, "Outwardly you are wasting away" is taking shape right before my eyes. I'm also...

I'm going to tell you a story about how I engaged a "homeless" person yesterday. I put that in quotes because several people told me she...

This past weekend we held a marriage intensive at the Marriage Hub. One of the wives who was coming called a few days before and wanted...

We're getting ready to show The Polar Express in our community movie nights at work for the Christmas season. When we've tested our new...

I was sitting on the couch Friday afternoon minding my own business when I heard someone talking outside. It was loud enough that I...

There were many years that the struggle of life consumed my vision. Those are blogs for other days but there was no living, only...

For those of us in the north, the news of hurricane Ian and it's destruction is beginning to die down. I was fully engaged for two days...

Last month we studied the book of Proverbs in church. There was so much talk about the dangers of making unwise decisions to follow your...

I just had lunch with a friend I've known since high school. She knows me inside and out and has seen the good, the bad and the really...

On the morning of day 10 we packed up and headed out on our trip back to Spokane, Washington. We took a different route this time and it...

We woke up to rain on day 9 in Whitefish and stayed at the condo until Abby couldn't take it anymore and the rain turned to a drizzle. We...

We wrapped up our time at Glacier and said goodbye to the KOA and the camper. I would say the only regret I had from the trip was not...

As we say around our office, if you're going away with your spouse, it's a vacation. If you're taking kids, it's a trip. This was a trip....

While we were staying at the campground our wifi was spotty at best. We spent a lot of time up in the pool area just to get a signal....