I have been thinking about all the things that on the surface appear simple. We routinely enter the hospital these days for a surgical procedure to repair our knees or hips and find that we are often being released on Read more…
The Great Retreat from real spiritual transformation begins with smaller losses of investment… When is the last time you meditated? Did you know that it could be a part of a healthy and productive regimen for you? So says, Daniel Read more…
My Father had three births of sorts- He was born to his parents in 1918; experienced a spiritual rebirth when he trusted Jesus Christ as his personal Savior in 1968, and then in 1977, he rediscovered the joy of living Read more…
The other day a colleague shared a experience he had recently endured that exposed him to as he called it, “a moral dilemma.”His solution for solving it was, let’s just say, creative, but it did get me to thinking– it Read more…
It’s been a particularly rough month for men, especially older men who are in positions of prominence, power or influence. Revelations surrounding the moral behavior of Harvey Weinstein, Al Franken, and now, Charlie Rose has reminded us that depravity is Read more…
Ok, Let’s face it; there’s a lot to stress us out there these days, and at any given moment we may find our resilience waning. Why are some people just more resilient than others? We all know of those, famous Read more…
The real benefit of wisdom There’s a college just down the road from us a few miles, whose motto is, “ Hope in God”. It’s campus sits amidst 125 acres of prime urban West Michigan real estate and boasts of Read more…
The coming our party continues; Hollywood heavyweights, who are admitting, or maybe just acknowledging their inappropriate sexual behavior and in some cases paying millions in financial damages. The list grows long with those who we have previously watched, laughed at, Read more…
This past week Debbie and I were able to live out a long held dream of mine, become an over the road trucker. Ok, absent the tractor-trailer and overnights in a truck stop, over the last six days we logged Read more…
I enjoyed the privilege this past week of officiating the renewal of wedding vows for a couple of friends of mine. They have been married for a decade but felt the time had come to pursue a greater intimacy in Read more…
