Essays

Dad, you weren’t looking

“Watch me, dad!” “Okay, I’m watching.” “Dad…you didn’t watch!” “Yes, I did. I saw you do your flip underwater.” “No, you didn’t. When I came…

Moses and Botox

When Moses came down from Mt. Sinai…his face was radiant…and he put a veil over his face, but whenever he entered the Lord’s presence to…

Training wheels

We were having the perfect day, you know the ones where you want to freeze time and enjoy the moment forever. Madelyn and I were…

How to come out of a tail spin

Ever racecar driver learns three critical lessons very early on in their training. First, they learn that no matter how talented they are, there are…

God and roller coasters

Disneyland had a big day a couple of weeks ago. Madelyn (my breath-taking, little, eight-year-old daughter) graduated from the Toontown roller coaster to the Big…

The beauty of rock bottom

Rock bottom is that phrase we use to describe a desperate place where people’s lives have either fallen apart or where they’ve run out of…

Run your own race

“Let us run with endurance the race set before us.” (Hebrews 12:1) As Christians each of us is running toward a prize—Paul called it the…

Mountaintop Experiences

When was the last time you had a mountaintop experience? You know, the experience where heaven felt near, life made sense, nothing could hold you…