Are people capable of change? Are you changing (for the better)? Am I? My books and teaching focus on spiritual transformation—that is, spiritual change. I’m prepping to speak later this week on transformation, how experiencing [...]
Our 21-year-old daughter called my husband’s cell phone one evening last week. “Dad, I’m on a quick break during class but I wanted to ask you: do you self-identify as a feminist?” “Well, yes, I [...]
Success depends, in part, on not just providing a great product or a necessary service, but on letting people know about those products or services. In other words, you’ve got to tell your story. You [...]
Most Good Fridays, I go to my suburban church where I watch a service that is beautiful, moving, tear-jerking at times. It has been planned out for months, every note of music carefully scripted, every video [...]
What do you think of when you hear the words, "fully present"? Present means to be here. When you were in school, maybe your teachers took attendance. Students would respond to their name by saying, [...]
My friend Jen is Episcopal, and the girl knows her way around The Book of Common Prayer --a book I never even heard of until I was in college. I'm vaguely jealous of her familiarity [...]
As Deeply Loved daughters and sons of God, our response is to spill out that love to others. To engage in living out our faith by serving others. As my friend Tim Fall points, out, [...]
See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it [...]
Shabbat Shalom. Sabbath Peace. I hope you experience it this weekend. This week I got a very nice letter from a reader named David. He's a physician, husband and father, and shared some of his [...]
“I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief!” (Mark 9:24) One of the best gifts I gave my kids, according to them, was the freedom to doubt and question their faith. This may seem counter-intuitive. [...]
