You know the saying, “nine-tenths of life is just showing up?” In a lot of ways, I think that’s true for parenting, or even just living together and loving each other in community. So much of it has …
MLK Day 2014
I wanted to write today to share the spirit behind the tradition we started last year for MLK day. Last January, I had the privilege of listening to Michael Lindsey, the president of Gordon …
Good Receivers
It is more blessed to give than to receive, so they say. But, it is much easier to give. We like being givers, especially at Christmastime. Christmas helps us think of ourselves as we like to …
An Unlikely Hero
Think about it. You’re born two thousand and some odd years ago in some backwater region of a great empire. Even in that backwater region, your town is small, tiny, insignificant, the “sticks” of the …
A Conversation
“Michael?” “Yes, Stephen?” “A moment, if I may, my Commander?” “Of course.” “Michael, the Most High has given me a mission: to appear before a group of men on earth to announce the moment we’ve …
Wise Men
For most of us, the visit of the Magi, the wise men, are kind of an anticlimactic part of the Christmas story. After all (and contrary to what every nativity scene on earth shows) they weren’t even …