Imagining I Was Having Breakfast With Jesus

Imagining I Was Having Breakfast With Jesus

Imagining I was having breakfast with Jesus changes the way I view mornings.  I’ve written similar stories like this in two of my books. I’ve written journal entries often, imagining sitting beside Jesus and eating a meal with him. But this one? It was different....
When Words Weigh Us Down

When Words Weigh Us Down

Some voices lift us. Some voices drain us. And sometimes the heaviest voice is our own. In a world flooded with negativity, it’s easy to join the noise without even noticing. But maybe it’s time to pause. To listen. To rethink the words we speak and the weight they...
Together in Branson: Words, Stories, and Something More

Together in Branson: Words, Stories, and Something More

We gathered again—this time at the Hilton Branson Convention Center in Branson, Missouri—for the annual Evangelical Press Association convention. A different location every year. A familiar purpose every time. It always feels like a journey—like we’ve boarded the same...
Carry It With You

Carry It With You

The stage is set. Caps are tossed high like prayers in the wind. Tears find their way down smiling cheeks. Laughter echoes across the crowd. Smiles spread. Phones are held high—today’s modern lens of remembering. Applause rises and lingers, like it’s reaching into...
I Didn’t Expect to See This

I Didn’t Expect to See This

I wasn’t looking for it. Not really. I had searched through rooms before, digging through the past, but this time was different. I was only reaching for a pair of socks, choosing that time to go deeper in the drawer.  A simple shift found a tiny book stacked...
The Silence Between the Cross and the Stone Rolled Away

The Silence Between the Cross and the Stone Rolled Away

They remembered Friday. How could they not? The sounds of nails. The cries of pain. The whispers of confusion. The sky turning dark when it should have been day. The Son of God hanging, bleeding, forgiving. Dying. They remembered. And so must we. Good Friday is still...
Walking Toward Easter

Walking Toward Easter

The road is familiar. I have walked it before. Palm branches once lined the path, waving in the air, tossed to the ground. Hosanna rang out in voices eager for a king—one who would overthrow, who would establish, who would fix. But their cries faded. Their...
Nineteen Years

Nineteen Years

Time doesn’t ask for permission. It moves, rushes, swirls like the wind, carrying us from one place to another before we’ve had time to gather our thoughts. Nineteen years ago, Orlando faded in my rearview mirror, and Royston rose ahead. A transition wrapped in...
The Therapy of Doing Nothing

The Therapy of Doing Nothing

We race. From meeting to meeting. From screen to screen. From this to that. From hurry to more hurry. When we wake from brief sleep to the moment we collapse again, we have minds buzzing, hearts racing, and souls aching. Busy! We are always busy. Reaching for the...