I’m a failure. I have failed more than succeeded at life. My dream in high school and college was to run a sub four-minute mile. I’m guessing I raced the mile or its metric equivalent over one hundred times. I never…
Independence Day. What we are celebrating? Why do we celebrate it? And where does God fit in all this? You know the drill: Neighborhood parades, BBQ, swimming, and sitting with the dog during the fireworks trying to convince her that…
This morning’s sunrise was probably one of the most amazing I have ever seen. In the captions of these four photos I share four lessons from sunrises. 1. The sunrise only comes only after a sunset and a period of…
Ten Ways to Make Your Prayer Life Even More Pathetic So your prayer life is bad? Join the club. Most people I talk to are not where they want to be. Here are ten ways to make this part of…
I met another pastor this week. She is from Pennsylvania. I told her a little bit out The Water’s Edge. She asked me what makes our church work. I knew right away what it wasn’t. It’s not the handsome, winsome…
Tomorrow is Pentecost Sunday. It is the day the church celebrates God giving us the gift of the Holy Spirit. The following is from the book, Prayers from The Water’s Edge. I wrote this prayer a year ago early one…
I get this question a lot: How do I accept God’s forgiveness and live as a forgiven person? Here is an eleven-step path. They aren’t eleven sequential steps. No two people are the same. We all come to the journey…
Dear Graduates, You will get a lot of these notes over the next few weeks: Make the world a better place. Live life with no regrets. Chase your dreams. Laugh often. Work hard. Love all. It seems like yesterday to…