Jim Rohr taught me this truth when I was 35, pursuing hard spiritual and personal development. When I discovered my best gift to my neighbor was my development, it motivated me to pay close attention ...  Read More

I’ve always wanted to do well in life—but for a long time, I didn’t know how. I understood going to school or learning a trade, but I didn’t yet grasp the details—the science—of how life actually come...  Read More

The grace of God has appeared—but grace is easy to miss.Gus Farmer and Kenneth Green introduced me to God’s grace while I was in college, and my life has never been the same. Grace reshaped how I saw ...  Read More

After sixty, you’ve lived most of your life. You’ve experienced the growth and strain of a family system, the highs of success, and the pain of loss. You’ve come face-to-face with the wheat and the we...  Read More

“Teach us to number our days,that we may gain a heart of wisdom.” — Psalm 90:12Solomon looked at life “under the sun” and saw an endless loop of labor—generations repeating themselves, the sun racing ...  Read More

Meritocracy or Mercy?There is no equivalence between what we give and what we receive.Right now, I’m staring into a bright, sunny day. How much sunlight, warmth, and energy am I receiving—an ounce, te...  Read More

Ecclesiastes 3:1 — “To everything there is a season (ʿēt), a time (zĕman) for every purpose under heaven.”Solomon doesn’t waste words. When he talks about time, he uses two different Hebrew lenses—and...  Read More

Grace Just Comes“He himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.”Acts 17:25When Paul stood on Mars Hill, he confronted a culture crowded with gods yet starving for meaning. Instead of b...  Read More

Truth That Moves Us From Belief to SolidarityIt’s not enough to stay in the classroom. What we learn and claim to believe must be tested in the marketplace if it is going to produce true transformatio...  Read More

Living From the Mercy SeatWe are successful, top-down, paradise people—and we don’t do failure or brokenness well. We lack the language to walk people through shattered dreams, painful divorces, and l...  Read More

As this year unfolds, what is driving your decisions?“For God has consigned all to disobedience, that he may have mercy on all.”— Romans 11:32If everything ultimately rests on mercy—and on our honest ...  Read More

Go with Mercy, Not MuscleI’ve given motivational talks in schools, businesses, graduations, churches, and prisons. Over the years, a few life-lines have stayed with me—phrases that start people moving...  Read More