Last Friday I Went to Jail . . .

. . . and I’m not sure if I’ve ever been put to better use. Our church commits to a Friday night chapel service once a month at a women’s prison about two hours from our campus. I had never...

“We Demand Windows”

This is why I read. And probably one of the reasons I write. From C. S. Lewis, as quoted in The Christian Imagination (Shaw Books 2002): What then is the good of – what is even the defence for –...

Cover Girl

Claire and I have been working on a little project for an upcoming Children’s Hospital Radiothon planned for Friday, August 27th, in Columbia, Missouri. Most of you know Claire was a preemie at...

Personality Soundtrack

I’ve been asked before to write a post or two (or four) that explores the uniqueness of each of my kids. Last weekend I shot some really terrible video of the kids swimming at our mini-vacation (the real...

Music Monday: John Mark McMillan

I won the John Mark McMillan CD “The Medicine” from a give-away at Lindsey Noble’s blog a few weeks ago. I’d heard a lot about it, but I’m hesitant to buy new music that I see...

My Context

Donald Miller posted recently about how life is the context for our spirituality. Simple, but, you know, I think this one gets lost in translation fairly often. Being a Christian should impact our everyday...