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The Most Unlikely Guest

Our house sometimes feels like grand central station.

We constantly come and go, and have friends, family members, babysitters, and sometimes others coming...

How to Achieve the Perfect Family Photo

As you start thinking ahead to the holidays, you might be pondering ways to get the perfect family photograph. Whether you want to frame it...

3 Reasons You Should Just Be Yourself

A couple of years ago, my wife and I were in New York City for our anniversary. I had spent months planning for the...

His Gentle, Firm Call

Through most of the year, my Thursdays are hectic. They are involved. They are also worshipful, filled with women I love, and full...

Loneliness: Not God’s Design

It’s never good news when our neighbor, Bill, texts late at night.  A couple of weeks ago we received a 10:00 pm text explaining...

On Seatbacks and Sin

Last Sunday, I flew from Philadelphia to Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, with a layover in Detroit. It was the fifteenth anniversary of that horrible...

I Should Have Been Stoned

We’ve come a long way, baby, haven’t we?

I shudder to think what it was like to be a woman of ill repute...

The Church is Central to Jesus’ Story

I have been re-reading Tim Chester’s book on the church this week – aptly titled, “Everyday Church.” I have been reminded that the church...

What I learned from watching the Olympics in person

“The Olympics remain the most compelling search for excellence that exists in sport, and maybe in life itself.”
– Dawn Fraser (Australian swimmer, 4-time...

What you have has you.

What you have has you. My friend Paul Barclay used to say that to us all the time. What you have has you. He...

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