New Advent Devotional: Your Invitation to Celebrate the Wonder and Joy of Advent
Following the spring Lent Bible study, many of you wrote and asked, “Will you do one for Advent?” I’m not sure if it was the 4th or the 14th or the 40th request that convinced me, but I have some exciting news. But before we get to that… If you thumb through...How to Live in the Wonder and Awe of the #Eclipse2017 Every Day
Temperature plummeted. Darkness descended. Jaws dropped. Yesterday we stood in holy awe of a heavenly display rapt by celestial power and beauty. A black fireball compelled strangers to erupt in wild applause at the Idaho Falls airport and around the nation. Whether...How Do You Hear From God? … And a Crazy Story
What do you do when you sense God nudging you to action… and you know it sounds crazypants? That’s why I struggled the first time I met Patton Dodd. We talked about faith and writing until the cushions of the wingback chair almost swallowed him. When we got up to...Charlottesville—Responding to the Hatred and the Horror
The shouting, the slurs, the swastikas, and hands raised in Nazi-style salutes. These types of images instill fear in my heart, thanks in part to the warnings of my Polish Jewish grandmother. Somehow these symbols and images have been resurrected in our time, now...





