It’s the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible, and last summer I had the opportunity to see some of the earliest versions on display in Oxford. Apparently UK Prime Minister David Cameron was invited…
I was once known for my hilarious Christmas letters. Or at least I thought they were funny. But life got busy, not to mention less than rosy all the time, and hilarity sometimes turned into…
Here it is … my long awaited “favorite books” post! The “Would you shut up about this book? It’s all you talk about anymore!” category: Lost in Shangri-La by Mitchell Zuckoff. D’Aun didn’t have to…
Late one night in a 24-7 Prayer Room in Guildford, England, my friend Pete Greig experienced a reawakening of hope. He wrote about the experience and it was so beautiful that I wanted to share…
Well, I didn’t start the year with an aim to accomplish this, but I’ve read over 100 books this year. People ask me how I find the time to do it. Truth is that I…
Bless, O Lord, this food we are about to eat; and we pray you, O God, that it may be good for our body and soul; and, if there is any poor creature hungry or…
A friend of mine was playing golf at her country club when she began to recognize a disturbing pattern: there were a lot of complaints about meaningless things. I asked for more detail, and she…
Later this week I’ll be attending an event at the Newbigin House in San Francisco with N.T. Wright as the keynote speaker. I’ve read previous books by Wright, and enjoyed them, so I picked up…