OR: Why I didn’t, and still won’t, drop my sponsored child When I heard about World Vision’s recent decision to allow hiring of employees in same-sex marriages, it never even occurred to me to drop [...]
UPDATE: Here's a link to on-line registration for the Simple Compassion seminar, which will be held Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010, at Breakthrough Urban Ministries in Chicago. click here to go right to the registration page. [...]
This month, we're asking readers to perform one act of Simple compassion each week, and to tell us about it. You can watch my YouTube video explaining the challenge here. Each week, you pray, asking [...]
If you have a small group that is looking for a new book to read together in 2010, I'd like to humbly suggest you read Simple Compassion together. But don't take my word for it. [...]
If you have a blog, I'd love to come "visit" it next week during our blog tour for Simple Compassion. To participate, just leave a comment here or get in touch via my website. Let [...]
It's 2 degrees here, with howling winds that drive the windchill well below zero. I am inconvenienced by such weather--car doors freeze shut, roads are a bit slick. But I slept in a warm bed. [...]
Are you feeling thankful yet? Or just busy? I'm juggling work, deadlines, and planning dinner for 12 people (five of whom are new to the country, strangers to us, and may not speak much English). I'm [...]
"I was hungry and your gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in..." (Jesus, in Matthew 25:35) My neighbor [...]
Thank you to all of you who left a comment. The generous folks at Zondervan are going to send all 13 of you who left a comment by today a free review copy of Simple [...]
My new book Simple Compassion is arriving in stores now! To celebrate, I'm giving away ten review copies here on the Deep Breathing for the Soul blog. Simple Compassion is a weekly devotional that will help [...]