Not A Feeling

by | spiritual formation

After a worship service years ago, one of my children said, “Everyone else feels God but me. Maybe I don’t really know him.” “Or,” I suggested, “maybe knowing God isn’t about a feeling.” In our experience-addicted age, we tend to assume that intimacy with God is...

Q&A April Letter

by | Tribe

I met Alex and Chelsea Workman at the YoungPastors conference in Dallas last year. Since then, we’ve been dreaming together of how I can grow in stewardship of God’s calling on my life. This first letter reflects some of our discussions. My hope is that...
A Leader’s Prayer

A Leader’s Prayer

by | leadership, prayer

One of my core devotional disciplines is Scripture-praying. I pray God’s Word over my loved ones and myself. For years, I have prayed Moses’ prayer over my life: “Let my teaching fall like rain and my words descend like dew, like showers on new...
Milestones

Milestones

by | faith, leadership

mile·stone /ˈmīlˌstōn/ noun: an action or event marking a significant change or stage in development. Milestones: my response to one surprised me this week. After all, I have graduated before: from highschool, from college, from grad school. None of those milestones...
Disowning Disgrace

Disowning Disgrace

by | faith, Uncategorized

It was not her fault. She certainly did not ask for it. She did nothing to earn it. But she still chose to own it. Elizabeth owned disgrace: “In these days he has shown his favor and taken away my disgrace among the people.” (Luke 1.25) This sentence has...
Jesus and me

Jesus and me

by | faith, pink ribbon, spiritual formation

Four days ago I was soaking in the sun and Son’s warmth on a desert prayer retreat in Phoenix, AZ. Today I am typing in a waiting room preparing for my routine breast cancer follow-up and a small procedure in (rather chilly) Chicago. Much is different. In the desert,...

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