Too Busy

Happy Saturday. Have you ever lamented the “busyness” of the Christmas season? I see those heads nodding. We’ve all done it. Regardless of how much we enjoy the parties and lights and gifts, no matter how much we strive to keep Jesus at the center of our celebration, the season gets busy. My friend Jim […]

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What Did I Learn?

I thought I share a working list of what I learned from the experience of Rich’s Ride. Might be chapters for a new book… Don’t let your resources determine your vision God values character more than comfort Hope changes what’s possible God wants actors rather than spectators It’s about the journey and the destination Faith […]

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The Battle For Christmas

It happens every year. Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays? Holiday concert or Christmas pageant? Baby Jesus or Santa Claus? Atheists oppose public religious displays. Christians insist, often angrily, that Jesus is the reason for the season. Battle lines appear. Each side demands respect through disrespectful acrimony and sarcasm. It happened again here. And it’s all very, […]

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Too Smart For Miracles?

Are You Too Smart For Miracles? It was just a casual party conversation. I didn’t know the other guy very well, so the discussion skipped around like a smooth stone on a pond. I don’t recall how the stone skipped onto “religion” but suddenly he said, “I’m just too smart for miracles.” I’ve learned to […]

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Spirit

Happy Monday. Christmas arrives in two weeks, and I’m having trouble finding today’s word-of-the-week… SPIRIT You know, that wonderful glowing Christmas Spirit—lights and shopping and chestnuts roasting on an open fire. This year for some reason it’s just not happening. I thought about it a bit over the weekend and wondered if perhaps it’s not […]

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An Advent Focus On Today

Live in the present. That’s the conventional wisdom. How often have you heard that advice? Looking back leads to regret, looking forward results in worry. TODAY is all we have, it’s what we can control, it’s the only place we can live. Pretty good guidance, right? Except—living exclusively in the present can lead to an […]

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Who Gets On The Platform?

One of the inspiring people we met was a pastor in a wheelchair. He fell from a ladder while painting a house. His injury left him totally paralyzed below his neck with absolutely no use of arms or hands. But his physical limitations didn’t paralyze his heart or his spirit, and he’s served as senior pastor of his church for several years.

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What Would You Change?

If you could go back, what would you change? Occasionally someone asks a question something like this: So much good has come from your injury. Knowing that, if you could go back and change that day would  you do it? I generally don’t like hypothetical situations. It’s too easy to take an extreme, non-negotiable position when you […]

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Responding To A Gift

It’s been a month since we reached New Orleans. Thanksgiving’s past, and many of us are focused on Christmas. And Christmas, of course, is all about gifts—or at least that’s what the culture wants us to believe. As I distill the experience of Rich’s Ride, one central notion keeps popping into my head. I sense […]

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