Essays

The cult of youth

I think I need to stop whining about being forty years old (especially since I’m almost forty-one). I’ve noticed that in some of my recent…

Poking the sea anemones

Be honest…do you poke the sea anemones when you see them in tide pools at the beach? It’s sort of hard to resist. They’re so…

Cake batter

When my brother and I were kids we used to fight over it. Whenever my mom would mix cake or cookie batter, Cheyenne and I…

What would your departed loved ones say?

My grandmother died this weekend, and her passing has gotten me thinking again about the perspectives of people in heaven. Do you ever wonder what…

Trapped in the wrong dimension

Do you ever feel like you’re trapped in the wrong dimension? You probably are. Most of us live in the present moment while spending significant…

Merging faith and politics

Four years ago in his televised interviews with then presidential candidates, John McCain and Barack Obama, Pastor Rick Warren aptly stated: “We believe in the…

Deliverance or dominance?

What proverbial mountain is staring down at you right now? How intimidatingly tall is it? How much of your world has it cast in shadow?…

Burning incense revisited

Well, unfortunately another little woodland creature decided to die inside the wall of our church office and reek out the building. Last year Pastor Jerry’s…

Cursing the second voice

I think the Lord spoke to me earlier this week. It started with a whisper in my soul, and then grew in to a confidence…