Yesterday, I picked up a newspaper and looked at the damage in Costa Rica (only about an hour from where I am) and wept at the devastation.  There is so much pain, and the ground is still shaking every 20 minutes as the rain falls down and the people look for shelter in the dampness and [...]

She stood in front of me with tears streaming down her face and asked the question that still resonates through every fiber of my heart: “How can you be so sure God is real and that He cares about me?”  How do we know?  There are so many voices in the world today…so many people [...]

As I ponder this new year and all the changes that it will bring, I can’t help but wonder what lies ahead for the Church at large.  There is no doubt as we look around that people are hungry for something real.  Modern day music lyrics strain with the weight of a cry for change, [...]

Perhaps it’s the holiday season–perhaps it’s just the excitement in the air over the election that’s come and gone, and the dreams people have of “something more” about to come (almost the feeling children have in dreaming about what they’ll find on Christmas morning), but as I write this article, my thoughts are drawn towards [...]

“Have you been half-asleep, and have you heard voices? I’ve heard them calling my name. I’ve heard it too many times to ignore it. There’s something that I’m supposed to be. Someday, we’ll find it…the rainbow connection: the lovers, the dreamers, and me” (The Rainbow Connection, by Paul Williams and Kenneth Ascher).
Most all of us [...]

With fall in the air, gas prices on the rise, and elections in the news, change is prevalent in everyone’s minds and hearts. Things that once seemed certain are no longer a constant reality: from the sporadic availability of gasoline to the faith that leaders will maintain their integrity and not shift with the changing [...]