In early June, I was honored to have another devotional published. The positive response has been overwhelming, so I have felt the inclination to post it here. It is now the copyright of “The Upper Room Devotional Guide,” but if I give credit (as I have just done) I...
CBC had an idea for a Great Canadian Sing-Along where Canadians would pick one inspirational song and then people from all over the country would send in videos from home of themselves singing the song. The song Canadians picked was very telling. It was “Lost...
Anyone who knows me knows that I love novelty, adventure, travel, action, etc. I get claustrophobic staying in the same country too long, let alone the same town. So just about the worst thing you could do to me is lock me down in the same location where I am doing...
We are a society that has gotten used to consuming, medicating, or distracting our way out of crisis. Not this time. No amount of online shopping, prescribed pills, or positive thinking is going to get us out of this one. By the end of this holy week, Covid-19 cases...
An Easter morning without a huge service – how strange – how unusual. No packed-out churches because of the overflow from folks who only go to church on Easter morning (and Christmas Eve). No resonating of hundreds of voices boldly declaring in song, “Up from the...
Many of the churches I attended as a boy made a big deal of Palm Sunday. It seemed every song had “Hosanna in it.” The songs were very up-lifting. It seemed a song devoid of celebration was forbidden. And yet, Friday was coming. Then we would gather again in shared...
Colleen and I had rented a small box of a car and were tooling around Puerto Rico for a week. We were having a great time and everything thus far had gone according to our lack of a plan. It was our last full day on the island, and we were on the rugged north shore,...
” O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together.” -Psalm 34:3 ” My soul magnifies the Lord…” -Mary, Luke 1:46 If you ever had a magnifying glass as a kid, you know this truth: whatever we magnify seems to get closer and...
We pulled into Miobambas after a rather adventurous ride along the mountain roads of the Peruvian Andes. At 11,000 ft this village was the highest altitude we had reached and the air was definitely thin. Arriving at the local pastor’s home we found out that many...
I will never forget the Sunday at church in early December as we approached Christmas. In our gathering the song leader chastised the crowd for not knowing the true reason for Christmas and getting caught up in “Wal-Mart world.” Then, as soon as the service ended,...
