My friend William died a few weeks ago just shy of his 80th birthday. William was a quiet, patient man. He used to come by the church and…

Isn’t gossip a funny thing? Gossip is taking strange enjoyment in hearing news about somebody that’s not yours to hear, then…

Humility is simply coming to knowledge of who you are and who you are not, then accepting that self-knowledge, and remembering it. Humble people have…

The Mother’s Day Challenge is an opportunity to participate in a group spiritual practice with other members of Good Shepherd…

“Live the questions.” The poet Rainer Maria Rilke wrote that to a young student who asked him for advice. Here is the full quote…

“No one ever wins a fight.” What do you think about that line? …

I don’t know of a family that doesn’t have some measure of fracture and estrangement in the limbs and leaves of its family tree. If yours doesn’t I hope you know…

Not long after she died my sister, Laura, came to me in a dream…

Jesus was not violent in any way. Yet those who opposed him found no other way than violence to fight him…

Before you speak, before you make the next move, pause. In the pause, ask these two questions…

Holy ground is any place where simple things reveal the great current of love that runs through all things…

When I am resting in confidence about the true depth of God’s love for me I cannot see your sins…

“Whenever we foolishly turn our attention to those we deem not to be on the spiritual path, our Lord God tenderly touches us and blessedly calls to us…

Anxiety is an old friend of mine, but before we were friends we were…

I bought my first guitar on a dark, rainy night when I was fifteen years old. I saved up $45.00 in cash to buy the instrument from an older kid in our neighborhood. My dad drove me to…

Bless those who curse you is surely one of the most challenging teachings of Jesus. The thing that makes blessing someone who has cursed or mistreated you hard to do is…

I was down in Tupelo, Mississippi earlier this week to attend the funeral of the father of Ben Nelson, one of my oldest, closest friends. We met in…

His face is a storm, all clouds and thunder. I fear getting close because of the possibility of lightning. But…

What was the last argument you got into with someone? Jesus once said…