By The Way, Just In Case You’re Curious
About thirty-five years ago, I lived in a community of a hundred men who kept everything in common. We literally pooled our money. Out of that pool we …
Getting glory
What My Train Set Taught Me About Transcendence
My kids and I used to have a small Lionel train set in a corner of my tool room. Ten years ago we dismantled the small set with dreams of a bigger and …
What Do We Have That Sabotages Relationships?
Years ago I witnessed a curious interaction between a client’s president and his secretary. I arrived at their office mid-morning and found the …
Is It Ever Okay To Evangelize?
[To listen to a reading of this article, click here.] I was at Panera waiting for a friend when I overheard a three-way conversation at the next …
Why Do We Flee from A Sense Of Emptiness?
[To listen to a reading of this article, click here.] Last Sunday night was a dark night. I woke in the dark, thinking dark thoughts, unable to stop …
Who Needs A Life of Purpose?
[To listen to a reading of this article, click here.] Ten years ago, I was on a plane heading for New York to give a presentation. The man next to me …
Where Personality Tests and Character Collide
Years ago I had two friends with almost opposite personalities and with almost identical approaches to life. John (not his real name) was direct, and …
Leaders: Let’s Not Believe Our Own Press Clippings
Years ago my brother Andy told me how he met the Lord. His ninth grade locker partner Kevin was the school drug dealer. Then Kevin had a bad trip on …
Today I Heard God Tell Me, “You Dah Man”
Years ago I worked with a man who had an insatiable desire to impress. When he gave presentations, he never used a one-syllable word when a …
Filling the Void[ance]
My father taught me that discovering our true selves cannot be had by merely avoiding negative behavior we see in others. But herein lays an irony: …
Avoiding Avoidance
Deathbed advice offers impact which no other advice provides. My father died of cancer sixteen years ago. A few weeks before his death, knowing he …
Our need for Significance
Many Christians substitute an abstract doctrine for belief. It’s like we’ve read the menu and missed the meal. All the while, beliefs of the heart can …