God is Fun!
The Christmas gospel shows us how very fun God is. Appreciating the Lord’s fun-natured personality can have a huge positive impact on our life and…
How to Expand Your Spiritual IQ
There is one soul care practice you especially need. Incorporating this spiritual discipline into your routine will bless you greatly and help your personality to…
Awakening Your Enneagram Centers of Intelligence
You have a spiritual IQ that is brilliant and powerful, but it’s largely hidden to you. By awakening your Enneagram centers of intelligence, you can…
Communicating Emotion to Invite Empathy
Often in marriage or another relationship, we think we have an intimacy problem when really it’s more about a boundary problem. Boundaries between people get…
Songs of Joy!
On a retreat at the Prince of Peace Abbey a few years ago I was taking a walk and praying from Psalm 65. Down the…
The Best Way to Support your Pastor
I love it when people ask me, “How can I best support my pastor?” I love this question because caring for pastors and their spouses…
Smile and Skip to Hear God’s Voice!
In Psalm 29 David praises the God of glory whose voice thunders over the waters and flashes like lightning. Like the waves of the sea,…
The Jesus Burn and the Dark Night
Have you experienced the “Jesus burn”? Do you know what it’s like to feel God’s presence in your body? Perhaps your heart has been…
Bloom Where You are Planted (a Benediction)
I’d like to share with you the benediction I wrote to go with my sermon on Matthew 6:25-34, “Be God’s Wildflower — Be Worry Free.”…
A Little Affection for our Great God
We say, “I love God.” But do we say this with endearment? Delight? Affection? Maybe we’re embarrassed to show affection for God, to let…
Be Clothed in God’s Sunshine
My heart goes out to people who get overcome by worry. It’s a temptation we all face. It used to be a way of life…
Give Jesus Some Elbow Room
I had just finished my Soul Shepherding meetings with pastors and ministry leaders and I had a few hours before the seminar I was leading that…
