I dropped David off at school today. Summer is over. As of today, he is a fifth grader. I observed a bunch of parents at the other end of the school. The moms and dads dropping off their boys and…

I remember my summer days growing up in northwest Iowa. We played outside all day. Swimming, biking, and wiffle ball were the normal suspects. Nights were spent watching the high school boys play baseball against kids from neighboring towns. The…

Balance. Maybe we never quite get there. But some balance is better than the alternative: Rushed, worried, cluttered, stressed, lonely, and tired. Here are five ways to determine if your life is out of balance.  You have no enthusiasm to…

I hear lots of complaining nowadays. I don’t see as much positive action. Let’s change that. Starting today. Try practicing a few of these this week. I’m going to as well. Do a few more next week. Have fun and…

You want to grow. Lose a little weight. Save some money. Get along better with people. Resemble Christ more closely. So you make a directory of things you need to start doing. We usually fail. After all, most of us…

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…