Thy Grace is Sufficient

Do you remember the feeling? That feeling of getting back your grade on your high school test, and the result was way, way less than what y...

Three weeks ago today, my Dad died. He was 87 years old, and a former B17 instructor and pilot. Today, former Brigadier General Paul Tibbit...

I read something today that was written seven years ago. However, this article will likely not go out of vogue for at least another ten yea...

For a moving visual summary of the devastation of Malibu Presbyterian Church, go here. I traded emails with my friend Neal Nybo this morning...

From the pen of Henri Nouwen: "Loving the Church does not require romantic emotions. It requires the will to see the living Christ amon...

This is a little bit of heaven in this: I just wonder if my buddy KC can do this yet?

Yesterday, Malibu Presbyterian Church burned to the ground. A holy place, so many memories, seemingly lost in wind whipped fire that must ha...

Delusional Disorder is defined as a person who has "irrational beliefs, held with a high level of conviction, that are highly resistan...

Its the season of nutty college football in Westwood. First we loose to just about the worst team in the country in Notre Dame, then we BEA...

"Picture Of Jesus" - Ben Harper It hangs above my altar Like they hung him from a cross I keep one in my wallet For the times I fe...

It has been a remarkable week. One week ago this evening, I sat by my father's bedside, listening with concern to his irregular Cheyne-S...

Sara Groves is one of my two (that is all I like) favorite Christian artists. A while back, she went to Rwanda, to the Killing Fields. This...

This morning, at 8:53 AM, my Dad left this earth, bound for Someplace Far Better. The feelings, emotions, and words are still hard to form i...

First the Bad News. UCLA was defeated by just about the worst team in college football yesterday; the semi-fighting (more like a pillow fi...

I have often had a frustration with some pastors I have known. Often, they don't get really involved in the street-level lives of their ...

Over the past year or so, I have made a new friend. His name is Michael Eaton. He is a husband, father (of perhaps the world's cutest ...

My college chum Julie has made some very fair observations of Christian culture that I feel need a bit of comment. The post is based on a b...

Ok, word is out they are building one of these babies in Universal City right now. I think I wanna go for my 50th Birthday Party!

I am considering purchasing a new PC for the office. One problem; said purchase will require I install 1,500 tons of air conditioning on th...

I have loved the Wall Street Journal from the very first days I picked up, after leaving the Economics program at UCLA. Last week, there was...

If you can't have a sense of humor, you should not be in this men's group...

He was sitting in his wheelchair. I sat down next to him, in the bright, sunlit room where he spends his days now. His head is bent forward ...

So, does it feel hot out? For some time now, I have been frustrated by the lack of rational thought concerning global warming . Finally, it...

On my way to work today, I spotted two workers, climbing a ladder, to place an American flag on the exterior of a building. It was a large f...

Found out about this movie by reading Relevant Magazine today. I am going to see it!

I am encouraged by something that some might find as discouraging. This is an image of arguably one of the most recognizable spiritual model...

St Stephen's Cathedral - Vienna I am still digesting all the information and feelings I took in recently in my trip to the PGF Conferen...

I was 11 years old. We had dinner on TV trays in our den, and watched Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon. It was the buzz of our neighborh...

Lots of things have been rattling around in my brain of recent. In order to clear space for Bruin Football scores, its time to dump at least...

This is the Rev. Jill Leslie Williams. Over the past four years, she has become very dear to the hearts of our family. Yesterday, she was or...

Its Saturday afternoon here in Huntsville, Alabama, and college football season is with us again. Its also half time at the Stanford / UCLA ...

Recently , I began to share some of my observations from the recent PGF conference in Houston. Michael Frost had some thoughtful insight o...

Our family is in Nashville, Tennessee for a brief vacation to visit good friends. Right now, my teenage girls are asleep in the next room. ...

I have!

I think I may have figured out how to blog from my Treo!

gotta love these ladies!

I remember Jesus saying something about little children..... ht to kc

Today I received an email from Gregory Lang , who is working on his latest book, and has chosen to include one of my blog posts about being ...

The Kingdom of God is not always warm and fuzzy, and just what we like. Toward the end of "The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe"...

My friend KC - asked for this . Scratch the part about George Bush.

Ever wonder what the world would look like, if people really acted out what they believed? This might be a glimpse:

In elementary school in California, everyone studies the Missions. I did it, and so have my daughters. When I was a kid, we built our Missio...

Picture this. A “tall steeple” city church, founded at the turn of the 20th century in a fledgling suburb of Los Angeles. During the 1940s a...

On Wednesday morning, I am going with three of my church friends, to experience this . My hope is simple; that through our participation and...