Acceptance. It’s something we all want. Maybe it’s something we need. I have been picking up my children from school for twelve years now. I’d rather watch kids than check email, so that is what I do. Watching little ones…

The boy tries his hand at being a lacrosse goalie. Some of the shots get by him. He stops others. He continually learns and develops. It’s a beautiful thing watching him improve. Failure makes success possible. I’m a failure too.…

This Wednesday of Lent. Lent is a six-week journey leading to the cross and eventually the empty tomb. It’s a path we take to fully embrace the destination. Darkness comes before light. Brokenness before healing. Despair before hope. The recognition…

I observe the world and don’t see a lot of humility these days. But, pride is all over the place. Research demonstrates that humility is closely correlated with courage, integrity, strong leadership, self-control, learning, and better relationships. Here are ten…

I don’t observe as much of it as I used to. It’s essential and the world is missing something when it’s absent. Respect. I grew up with Walter Cronkite, Ronald Reagan, and Joe Montana. The journalist, the President, the quarterback—they…

Words. They can be as beautiful as beautiful gets. They can hurt like nothing else. They can become as stale as the people who speak them. They are perhaps the best way people connect. Somebody can say just a few…

I’m talking about prayer this weekend at The Water’s Edge. These seven very short prayers provide a start to deepening our prayer lives. Challenge yourself to spending a few minutes with these prayers in the days to come. Focus on…

It’s a new year next week. Many of us want to change a few things about ourselves. Exercise more. Eat better. Sleep more and better. Quit something. Start something. Go somewhere. Be better. A few of you will succeed. Some…