A Grief Revisited

I spent last Friday with the HelpForMyLife video crew capturing the story of one of our coworkers, Kevin Burgess and his wife Dawn. Kevin works the audio magic to “sweeten” the audio of many of the RBC radio productions. (I have no idea what “sweetening” entails but I don’t... Read More

Restoration revisited

So, how’s God restoring the brokenness in your life or the life of someone you love? Maybe it’s breaking free from an enslaving addiction or severing an abusive relationship that’s been sucking the life out of you for way too long. Whatever your story of brokenness, God has a... Read More

Restoration plans

I recently spent some time with a pastor friend who is heavily invested in restoring broken lives in a rural community in Southeastern Kansas. After all, isn’t that what pastors do? That’s what Karl does. He, and many other pastors like him, pour themselves into a community in an Isaiah-like... Read More

Called to remember . . .

Yesterday was filled with many reminders of a day 10 years ago that changed the world as we know it. 9/11 has been forever burned into the collective psyche not only of the United States but the rest of the world as well. Many remember where they were when the first news reports began to trickle... Read More

A season of loss

I haven’t written this blog for a couple of weeks.

I’ve been gone.

It’s been a rainy season for me and my family.



“When it rains, it pours,” was a saying my Grandma would often use when things were piling up and we were... Read More

Good decisions

Blogging is difficult for me because what I write is only a tiny slice of the truth. It’s not full and complete. I can’t say everything I want to or need to. But here is something that happened to me I wanted to share. I don’t say near enough in this about the power of my relationship... Read More

Funerals vs. Parties

Do you ever read things in the Bible that you just find baffling? I mean, you know what the words say, but you just don’t get it? I sure do.

And then, after some time has past and some things change in your life journey and you reread one of those puzzling passages and go, “Oh,... Read More

In a waiting room

I hate to wait.

Invariably I’m the guy who gets stuck in what I thought was the shortest check out line at the supermarket and then watched as the cashier needs to change the tape in the register, or the 2 items the person in front of me needs “a price check on isle 4!”... Read More

Soul Surfer

Last weekend my family took in the excellent film Soul Surfer.  The film tells the inspiring true story of teen surfer Bethany Hamilton who beat incredible odds to become a competitive surfer again.

Life was anything but easy for Bethany after she lost her left arm and... Read More

Counting down the days

One of our co-workers has a sheet on the outside of his office that is counting down the days until Spring officially arrives–March 20th. I, for one, can hardly wait. I’m almost anticipating the arrival of Spring as much as Jesus second coming. I’m not quite there yet, but another... Read More