Thirty minutes
The difference between being a well-read person--someone who reads a significant number of books in their lifetime--and someone who doesn't is thirty minutes per day.…
Growing up
"When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret and would have been ashamed if I had been found doing so. Now that I…
Creeping separateness
But why does love need to be guarded? Against what enemies? We looked about us and saw the world as having become a hostile and…
One hundred
This is the 100th post. Of course writing 100 posts sounds so intimidating I would never do it. Writing hundreds more sounds impossible--I might never…
Near…far…
One of my favorite sketches from Sesame Street is when our furry friend, Grover demonstrates "Near and far." He comes up super-close to the camera…
Better media
I regularly have people saying to me: "Pastor Dan, I'm struggling to know who to trust." If you're experiencing negative outcomes related to social media--that's…
Notre Dame
April 15th, 2019, the day after my fortieth birthday, I heard news that made me nauseated. Notre Dame Cathedral (Paris, France) was burning. My reaction…
She’s our Princess
While my two brothers and I were growing up, our family had an Australian Shepherd. She was a red merle. I remember getting her as…
Underneath the door
Singer/songwriter Michael Card shares what it was like for him to grow up as the son of a medical doctor. If you have a few…
Symbiosis
Younger folks need the wisdom of older folks. Older folks need the energy of younger folks. It's a beautiful thing when the old and the…