The T-Mobile Dance

Imagine walking into New York City’s Grand Central Station to catch a subway.  You search for a color or number on a sign to direct you toward the train you need.  You pay little attention to the loud speaker, which sounds like Charlie Brown’s teacher, wah-wa-wah-wa-wah.  Then all of the sudden, the Isley Brothers overtake [...]

Dare I Pray?

Have you seen The Last of the Mohcians?  The movie opens with three Native American men racing through the Appalachian Mountain woods hunting down an elk.  The chase lasts a few minutes as the warriors jump over logs, splash through streams, and dodge limbs.  They each move separately, yet their actions flow together in unified [...]

Soundtrack

Encore: A piece of music played at the end of a recital responding to the audience’s enthusiastic reaction to the performance, shown by continuous applause Clang!  The bench press rack rattled behind me.  The eight televisions spread across the ceiling line flashed their different features.  The exercise bikes, stair-steppers, and treadmills whirred about counting burned [...]

Storyteller

Tapestry

If all the world’s a stage

getting the Most of love

Have you ever realized that the more familiar you become with something, the easier it is to take it for granted? Take your driving route to work. You pass by the same things, morning and afternoon, day after day. Sooner or later, buildings, street signs, and other road markers almost fade into oblivion. Too the [...]

Symphony

The posh seats satisfied one-fifth of my senses, but that comfort didn’t make up for the disastrous clamor attacking my ears. I sat 100 feet from a rehearsing symphony, except, they weren’t officially practicing yet. Thirty minutes would pass before that would commence. Instead, each individual member entered the stage to prepare their own instrument, [...]

Grace in Grand Teton National Park

Peter became one of my favorite apostles this afternoon.  Today I experienced the gospel by failing to share it. My wife and I spent time photographing mountains in Grand Teton National Park.  Nearby another man was also taking pictures.  As is custom in front of something so memorable, we asked him to take our picture, [...]

Jesus…The Man

Jesus. What images form in your head at the mention of his name? I was reading in John this morning, attempting to send my heart into Easter mode. I confess it doesn’t always get there. I wanted to enter into the defeat of what it must have been like to see Jesus slaughtered and buried. [...]

Wanting More than Food

Knowing the cook can be an even greater pleasure than enjoying his food. -Larry Crabb, Finding God Regardless of a person’s circumstances and physical well-being, this statement applies. Of course there’s nothing wrong with enjoying the food. But knowing and tasting God is the point. How quickly I forget. For the most part, God exists [...]