It’s been a while since I’ve published anything in a magazine. With everything else going on, I just haven’t taken time to submit any stuff. Here’s a recently-published story titled Where Are You? If the link doesn’t work, please copy-paste this URL into your browser: http://www.thebanner.org/departments/2012/07/where-are-you The story’s adapted from an episode in Relentless Grace. The […]
Continue readingSeeing In The Dark
As I write this, a friend waits for one of those conversations with a doctor. Maybe you’ve had one of those discussions for yourself or a loved one, the kind where the test results will determine a whole lot of next steps in your immediate future. It’s all about what you don’t know. It’s all […]
Continue readingGod’s Leftovers
I love my good friend Pastor Dick Foth. I’ll explain the photo below. This photo shows me, Becky, Dick (striped shirt), and best-selling author Mark Batterson at Mark’s National Community Church In Washington, DC on the last day of our recent bike tour. One of Dick’s many endearing qualities is an ability to pose a […]
Continue readingRich’s Semi-Regular Newsletter–almost end of summer edition
It’s been a busy summer. The bike ride’s onlypart of what’s happening. I invite you to check out this post-ride edition of Rich’s Semi-Regular Newsletter.
Continue readingNo Strings
Note: I’m posting this both here and on the Bouncing Back blog. I think it’s a big deal, and I apologize for the duplication to those who subscribe to both blogs. One of the true highlights of the 500-mile IJM Freedom Tour was our visit to International Justice Mission (IJM) headquarters) and the opportunity to […]
Continue readingNo Strings
Note: I’m posting this both here and on the Rich’s Ride blog. I think it’s a big deal, and I apologize for the duplication to those who subscribe to both blogs. One of the true highlights of the 500-mile IJM Freedom Tour was our visit to International Justice Mission (IJM) headquarters) and the opportunity to […]
Continue readingPraise
Happy Monday! In church yesterday I thought about today’s word-of-the-week… PRAISE I don’t seem to do “praise” like a lot of other folks. I don’t feel the urge to raise my hands or dance—well, there’s the wheelchair thing, but I don’t think it would change much. I don’t often feel like shouting God’s name in […]
Continue readingJust Okay
On the last night of the IJM Freedom Tour I told the team I was disappointed with my performance. Ever since we got home I’ve had this nagging, generalized sense of disappointment, but I’ve been struggling to get my head around exactly what it means. Last night I finally understood as I listened to Trey […]
Continue readingHow Committed Am I…Really?
I’ve written about this before. One of the most profound questions I’ve ever encountered is: Do you really believe what you believe? Yesterday I told you I was deeply impacted by this quote from International Justice Mission (IJM) founder Gary Hougen: “I was inspired to establish IJM when I met Christians who actually believed that […]
Continue readingThe Way It Spozed To Be
How much of the Olympics have you watched? Earlier this week a commentator made a curious statement. He said the Olympics allow us to suspend reality for a couple of weeks. It’s an interesting assumption. For two weeks we concentrate on stories of courage and inspiration and sportsmanship. For two weeks, stories of cheating and […]
Continue readingWhen You Mess Up
What do you do when you mess up…publically? No matter how hard I try, I make mistakes. And when it happens on the Internet, it’s out there for everyone to see. It happened the other day. I used a picture that belonged to someone else. I found it on a site where the copyright had […]
Continue readingShared
Happy Monday! The Olympics provides today’s word-of-the-week… SHARED Like many folks, I’m watching Olympic sporting events I normally wouldn’t pay much attention to. It’s less about the sports and more about the athletes and their stories. On Saturday I watched the men’s 10,000 meter run. I’d never heard of gold medalist Mo Farah from Great […]
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