In one month’s time five officers have been murdered in Washington, my home state. Would you join me in a…
I’m going to take a bit of a risk with today’s column. I’m going to let you in on my…
It is important we do our best to catalogue moments of joy. We must write joy down and proclaim joy…
It is important we do our best to catalogue moments of joy. We must write joy down and proclaim joy…
I’ve enjoyed watching Ken Burns’ “The National Parks: America’s Best Idea”. This is a shortened version of the even longer…
A hypocrite is someone other than me. That seems to be a good working definition for most of us. Of…
In eighth grade I fell in love with two Stephanies. Which really isn’t saying much, since in the early ’80s,…
I wanted to write today’s column about angry town hall hecklers, spurious e-mail forwards and the morally bankrupt dialogue permeating so much of our political discourse.
“Stupidly” … one little word can make all the difference. President Obama recently was reminded that mom was right. “Don’t…
I spend a lot of my life in my head. Some of my longest conversations occur when I’m alone. When…
“Let’s go camping!” is a phrase in need of qualifiers. One man’s fun family excursion can be another man’s wilderness…
Sometimes we make life far to complicated. Being a citizen of the planet is ultimately an issue of relationship and…
My family and I are at Disneyland this week and you’d think the environment would be good fodder for a…
Left brain, linear, analytical people are destroying the world. I’d like to clearly articulate three distinct observations that prove this…
Today I’ve been feeling sad, heart heavy, soul weary. I presume I could find a reason for the feeling, but…
Easter is a love song: a sacred tune to woo the beloved. It is a persistent melody that beckons an…
I write a newspaper column, host a radio program and pastor a church. In the United States, all these areas…
It’s all a bit odd. Dirt covers the earth and pavement covers the dirt. People travel the pavement in cars….
Last Sunday I had a moment that was both comforting and unsettling. During our worship service I asked everyone to…
