Essays

Lava Girls

When is the last time you did something for the very first time? I keep thinking about this question during our Lava Girl practices (the…

Yesterday ended at midnight

Write it down. Tape it to your bathroom mirror (or write it in lipstick as Jessica has been known to do). “Yesterday ended at midnight.”…

Living with dysfunction

“Take away the stone.” “But, Lord, by this time there is a bad odor, for he has been there four days.” “Did I not tell…

Fully Present

Modern society has upset the rhythm of life” (at least that’s what Dr. David L. McKenna former President of Asbury Theological Seminary, said). Do you…

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…