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Want to know how to raise money to help a lot of kids in Haiti? Here’s how. It’s true Bono never showed up (given his back problems, we shall not judge him). But the good…

About four years ago I and the other three guys in my small group decided to dust off our old and rarely used instruments and have a little jam session in my basement. We had…

About two months ago I intended to tell you about a newly released book that I had the privilege of writing the forward to. For reasons I don’t recall, I forgot to do this. (You’re…

Heh folks, If you know anything at all about my theology, you know that I’m deeply committed to remaining centered on Christ. My conviction is that everything – and I mean everything — we think…

Spoiler alert: If you haven’t watched the finale of the television series “Lost” but plan to, stop reading this blog NOW! Also, if you haven’t followed this show and don’t plan to, you may as…

For all who may be  interested, here are some blogs that discuss Present Perfect: Finding God in the Now. Feel free to post comments on blogs that allow for it or (better yet) if you…

Hi folks, Just got back from an incredible weekend up in Toronto at The Meeting House where I was asked to deliver a message on how to reconcile the warrior portrait of God in the…

I’ve been in a pretty intense manic-obsessive state the last few weeks, which is why I haven’t been blogging much. Mostly I’m obsessed with reading and writing for my book on Old Testament violence. I…

FYI, my most recent book Present Perfect: Finding God in the Now, has hit the bookstores. Present Perfect integrates insights from Brother Lawrence, Frank Laubach and Jean P. De Caussade into essays that attempt to…

As many of you know, last week I had the honor of giving a speech for the inauguration of David Dooley as the President of the University of Rhode Island. There was a good bit…

Heh folks, As I mentioned in my previous blog, I have the high honor of speaking at the inauguration of David Dooley at the University of Rhode Island this Thursday. Well, I’ve been informed that…

I am honored to have been asked by David Dooley to speak next week at his inauguration as President of the University of Rhode Island. President Dooley is familiar with some of my works and…

Ezekiel 20:25-26 is a rather puzzling verse. Because Israel would not obey the Lord, he says…. “I gave them other statutes that were not good and laws through which they could not live; I defiled…

Every once in a while people ask me what I’ve been reading lately. Well, the last six months I’ve actually been doing a lot of writing rather than reading. I have been working feverishly on…

Hi blogging friends, Shelley and I and ten friends just got back from a relaxing vacation in Puerto Rico. We were originally scheduled to work with Providence Ministries in Haiti during this time, but the…

I suspect I’m more carnal than most, but I’m stunned at how easy it is for me to “backslide.” I’m not talking about falling into some heinous sin. I just find I gravitate strongly toward…

A couple of months ago I introduced you to my son Nathan who has “high functioning autism” and who enjoys expressing himself through art. With the support of friends he launched an internet business called…

Before I explain the title of this blog, a couple of updates. * My friend Dr. Jen Halverson has been in Haiti for five days now. She is working in one of the make-shift “clinics”…

Short of Hiroshima after the bomb was dropped, I can’t imagine a worse situation than we find in Haiti right now. The magnitude of devastation is simply unthinkable. The poorest country in the western hemisphere,…