Morning Briefings

I am not an athlete. Oh, I am coordinated … a reasonable skier--water and snow--a strong skater, decent racquetball player, but that’s...

Grace and Peace. There is something about this pairing that shoots straight to my heart. It rings out HOPE to me! Peace is a familiar...

Honestly, I was riveted by Jesus' prayer for us. [last briefing from John chapter 17] So real, so personal, so appropriate even for us...

Now this is power! John 17 Can you imagine being with Jesus and having him pray over you? O, how blessed were those who experienced the...

2 Timothy 1.7 The setting: January in Chicago - Northwestern University - a mediation class that has been beneficial in many ways. I met...

The Main Things. Does this glass jar look anything like your life? You know, you are sure everything would fit if you could just keep...

It is time to earnestly pray for our country. This is not about you, and it is not about me. It is not about Democrat or Republican; it...

The Duke leaned against my car, and it felt kinda’ like an out of body experience for me, because he was talking about me to the two...

What is going on in our world is no joke. Thankfully, God promises he will never leave us, but it seems like many of us leave him on the...

I don’t know his name. He has been at the downtown prayer meeting (in Long Beach) a number of times, and usually sits front and center,...

When you are praying and a door opens . . . consider it might be God who is holding the door open for you. A number of years ago, I asked...