I recently read a series of depressing studies about marriage & relationships in modern society – where the average age of marriage creeps ever higher (which, ultimately, is not a good thing), the prevalence of broken relationships has become the new norm, and instant gratification has come to trump the rewards of delayed gratification.
And I [...]

Rich Mullins, in weekend retreats he & Beaker ran, many years ago, used to quote C.S. Lewis’ definition of love:
“Love is desiring the best for someone else, and being willing to do something about it.”
For the life of me, my Google-fu is weak, and I cannot find the original source (which I’m sure has been [...]

While it might be a surprise to folks who mostly know me from my writing, I am not much of a talker. Really. Much to the consternation of my wife, all to many of my friends & colleagues who meet her seem to mention about how “quiet” and “reserved” I am. And [...]

So, a recurring question has come up in my life over the past month or so – a question often asked by folks who are truly searching and interested in the faith.   A lunch-time conversation, a good deal of reading, and a month filled with prayer and reflection (on multiple fronts) has made a number [...]

A couple years ago, I read Sex God by Rob Bell and led a small study of the book (along with reviewing it here).  I had planned on typing up and publishing the study guides for the book (much like I did for Velvet Elvis, though without a facilitator’s guide), but my hard drive died [...]