I delayed writing this for several days because I was trying to verify whether the story was true.  Honestly, I still don’t know.  But enough people have told the story that I chose to believe it! Northern Atlantic cod are particularly flavorful fish–at least when they are fresh.  As someone who moved to Colorado from [...]

How heavy would you say a cup of coffee is? Not too much, right?  It’s not a real challenge to pick one up and hold it for a moment.  But if I try to hold that cup up for an hour, I’m going to start having a sore arm.  Chances are good that my arm [...]

I’m helping the Rev! magazine team with the Nov/Dec issue and this morning I was working on an interview that the publisher, Dave Thornton, had with Reinhard Bonnke. I won’t give it away, but one of Bonnke’s comments really jumped out at me: “Jesus didn’t die to provide careers for us. He died for the [...]

My wife and I joined the local gym and for the past month we have been rolling out of bed at 5:30 (yes, that’s a.m.) to be in the pool by 6:15 for aqua aerobics three times a week. Everyone tells us this is A Good Christian Thing to do, and in the midst of [...]

Arnie Cole, head of Back to the Bible’s Center for Bible Engagement, sent me several pieces of research they completed recently and there was some fascinating information there.  Here is a snapshot of what one survey reveals about Christ followers: Most believe the Bible is relevant to their everyday lives and is their life authority [...]

What if God texted the 10 commandments — courtesy of the PearlyGates newsletter: 1. no1 b4 me. srsly. 2. dnt wrshp pix/idols 3. no omg’s 4. no wrk on w/end (sat 4 now; sun l8r) 5. pos ok – ur m&d r cool 6. dnt kill ppl 7. :-X only w/ m8 8. dnt steal [...]

I just finished my October column for The Inside Track and thought I’d give my blog followers a brief excerpt.

Yogi Berra was an incredibly successful manager in baseball, but to many people he’s better known for his malapropisms. Some of his sayings are priceless–though to a writer such torture of the language can make you cringe.  I was recently reminded of a Yogi-ism spoken after the Yankees had lost a game: “We made too [...]

We talk a lot about the importance of being true disciples fulfilling our calling to spend time in service to others. But did you know studies indicate that living externally focused lives actually increases our happiness? Many studies back this up, but I’ll just mention a couple that relate to two groups of people that [...]

Last year Michael Phelps amazed the world at the Olympics.  Multiple world records and more gold medals than anyone had ever earned at a single Olympics.  Shortly thereafter, he shocked the world again when he was seen smoking marijuana.  This year at the world championships he once again returned to winning race form. So what’s [...]