SLOPPY!
My light almost went out in first grade. For some reason, I never went to kindergarten. If you read Robert Fulghum’s poem “All I…
I want you
“I want you!” Maybe you’ve seen that slogan on a poster with Uncle Sam pointing his finger at you, recruiting you to serve in…
Don’t call me Grandpa
One of my early thrills of grandparenting was choosing a grandparent nickname. Now, I called my own grandparents Grandpa and Grandma. Titles, really. So…
Counterculture
When you talk to baby boomers about their high school and college days, they may get a dreamy look in their eyes as they…
wRESTle
If I’m honest, the list of things that have caught me by surprise in the past 18 months is pretty extensive. While I tend…
Today
“The living, the living—they praise you, as I am doing today” (Isaiah 38:19). Today you will take about 23,040 breaths, and you don’t even…
Anxiety & Jesus
Psychologist and professor Jean Twenge noted some factors connected to eighth graders feeling happier or more depressed. The leading habits connected with being sad—lots…
Let’s talk about sex (and God)
“So, what did your parents teach you about sex?” one of my friends asked a mutual friend as we devoured pizza on his back…
The end of anxiety
I should have been anxious. I was about to speak to the biggest audience of my entire life, a crowd of over one thousand…
GOD will be here
I cringed slightly as I listened to the teenagers from our church answer this question: “What does your faith mean to you?” Because nearly…
GOD is there
I still remember her heartbreaking words: “I keep jumping to reach God, but I feel like I’ll never get there.” The woman from my…
GOD is here
The other day I asked my friend Katie, “Who would be the most life-changing person to walk through that door and be here with…