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Fitting In
(4-minute read) There are certain jobs, such as actor, model, abstract artist, or football kicker, that you’ll often hear someone say, “I could do that.” They really can’t; not normally. The people in those professions have studied, devoted themselves, and possess the talent for their craft. My only consolation is the fact that those people…
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Complicated
(4-minute read) In 1981, I was offered a promotion to manage a group of specialists. I turned the job down after they told me all the men had an IQ above 150. I didn’t think I would be smart enough to manage a group like that. After a couple of weeks, a manager, several levels…
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Whispers
I developed an illness that, over several years, became much worse. In May of 2011, a specialist told me that a part of my brain called the hypothalamus was failing. There was no tumor or anything they could treat, and there was no organ replacement for that part of the body. My body temperature would…
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Time to Move
My wife, Jo, and I knew the Lord for less than a year when we started meeting once a week with some people who, when they prayed, something happened. We wanted God to answer our prayers, so we started copying some of the things they did. If we weren’t going off to go to church…
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Close the Door
Back in the early 1970s, with the best intentions, I was trying to do something I thought was for the Lord. I prayed and asked the Lord’s help, but nothing I tried worked. I was blocked at every turn, and eventually, it became apparent that it was the Lord stopping me. I was upset. My…
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Every Life is Broken
If you live long enough, every life is broken. The life you planned, dreamed about, and worked for is suddenly no longer available. You might lose the job, discover you’re not as talented as you thought, have sudden financial problems, lose someone you love, or 1000 other things. The events are often entirely beyond our…
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God From the Sidewalk
(7-minute read) I was fourteen years old, walking home alone, when God showed up on the sidewalk beside me. He didn’t speak. He didn’t correct me. He just stood there, close enough that I could feel him, until I was certain I wasn’t imagining it. I have spent the rest of my life trying to…
Walking the path 