Healing From Brokenness
On Friday, Jun 29, 2007, our youngest daughter Allie, 6 years old at the time, broke both of her arms on a trampoline. Both arms…
Category: Articles
“The most gratifying thing I’ve ever done”
Starting and growing Meditate On Christ has been the single most gratifying thing I’ve ever done in my life apart from having our 3 wonderful…
The Peril of Prosperity, the Fortune of Failure
As a junior high student I was average. Truth is, I found school boring and I placed little trust in it’s authority. I identify with…
20 Great Journaling Questions for You
I used to sit in front of my journal with nothing to write. Blank page. No clue as to how to get started. That was…
Mental Rubbernecking
What is it about passing an accident scene on the highway that compels us to crane our necks around to satisfy our morbid curiosity? I…
Slow is Smooth, Smooth is Fast
About a month ago I read a quote from a navy SEAL that went, “Slow is smooth, smooth is fast.” That’s so true. Whenever we…
Loss, and a little boy’s Tonka Toy
When I was a little boy, I had a Tonka toy bulldozer, very much like the one pictured above. I remember playing with it by…
Wear and Tear, Scars, and Redemption
I go to a little coffee shop in town that is wearing out. It’s been here for many years, and the chairs are getting worn,…
Why Isn’t Meditate On Christ More Devotional?
First, I’m not saying devotional material is bad. But Meditate On Christ isn’t some attempt to compete with the devotional material out there already. There’s…
Fighting multitasking
There’s a myth that you can be more productive if you multitask. It’s deceptively appealing: do lots of things all at once so that you…