Dear Friends, I had coffee with an old colleague (and he was asking me if I thought the Bible was REAL?). He’d had a near death experience a few months ago (during a medical procedure) – and came back with many questions. He knew my story and now was motivated to learn more. We talked about – my three favorite topics – Where do we come from? What am I doing here? … and Where am I going after here? I don’t know if he felt my joy   Read More

In our series of “D.I.E. -2- S.E.L.F.” - last Sunday we looked at the “E” - or the “Empathy” of it … and explored – what true Empathy might look like? (for that we look to the teacher – Jesus Christ). I think we all understand what it means to have empathy – and that it’s different from just having sympathy and it’s the complete opposite of Narcissism. (so prevalent in our world today) Jesus saw the crowds and had great compassion for them. We See His great empathy throughout the Bible, but I think it’s so clear – in one of the shortest Bible verses (two words) in - John 11:35 - the Holy Spirit - expresses the empathy of Jesus Christ toward us – by sharing that - “Jesus Wept”.   Read More

I shared the results of a recent Forbes study a few Sundays ago – it surveyed people who set New Years resolutions – the result? I think is what we’d expect – many of us set them but only 6% stick with them. I find that for the most part – I’m a six percenter!  – I mean we all resolve either to do more of something or less of something else – (more or less).   Read More