3 Tips for Handling “Right Fights”

I’ve managed to get into a lot of “right fights”lately.  What’s worse is I’ve reacted in undesirable ways.  When my elderly mother broke her arm and she was moved from assisted living to skilled nursing care, her insurance...

Setting a Marathon Pace in Life

Any experienced marathon runner knows the importance of pacing himself in order to finish a race. As one runner said, “I will never forget my first marathon.  I went all out and sprinted at the beginning of the race, later I had cramps and barely made it walking...

Living with the Tension of Uncertainty

“For we live by faith, not by sight,” (2 Corinthians 5:7). For years I heard Christians talk about living by faith, but I did not really grasp how to walk that out in my daily life. But then, I heard Richard Rohr, a Francisian priest, talk about this...

A Word for the Year

The last several years I have asked God to give me one word to focus on throughout the year. And he each year he does. Sometimes, like in 2015, he gave me a word in December.  The previous year it wasn’t until half way through January that he gave me the word...