Like many people in the Good Shepherd community, I am reading a chapter a day in the book of Proverbs during the month of January. Out loud.So today being January 27th, I was naturally in Proverbs 27. And 27:21 made me do a double take while also interrupting my...

I've loved this prayer ever since I first saw it in preparing for the Top Secret series. In fact, I was so fond of it that we handed it out at the conclusion of the Secret Dreams service the other Sunday.The prayer comes from John Piper, a well-known and strongly...

Years ago, I had a District Superintendent (which is like a pastor to the pastors in Methodism) who taught a group of us: "Any time you want to get the last word in . . . don't."That's hard isn't it? Especially if you are a know-it-all like me! My natural tendency is...

So it's Wimbledon this week. It's hard to be at work when there's grass court tennis going on.Back in the day, grass courts suited my game better than any other surface. Grass courts tennis rewards hard serves and aggressive play, both of which were my strengths....