You know how it is when you wake up a bit too early in the morning and look at the illuminated clock on your nightstand. You hope you can go back to sleep. This morning, the clock read 3:12 AM here in Oregon. In that waking moment, I saw an interesting...
Everyone will make a passage across what is called “transitional space” several times in a lifetime. Transitional space is created whenever we move between seasons of life, relationships or life-assignments. Transitional space requires vigilance because the movement...
Your loudest critics have been positioned at the doorway of your future. Many have stalled at this noisy threshold not because they weren’t gifted to function in the future. They stalled because they were unable to handle their critics with wisdom and grace. The...
Yesterday, I received an early Father’s Day gift from my daughter, Anna. It was a mortar and pestle from Bali. Since I enjoy cooking this gift really blessed me. In the bowl of the mortar shown in the photograph are the herbs, garlic cloves and olive oil that I would...
When Jan and I moved to southern Oregon 20 years ago, we spent our days off driving around the area looking for a home to purchase. In our initial search, we found a nice home on some acreage in the hills. While talking with the owner everything seemed well planned...
The Church is not a structure, physically or organizationally. It is organic, incarnational, spiritual, God-breathed, and always open to mobility. The photo depicts one of the structures on the property where our church met for more than 50 years. Over the...
