Archives for January 2020

Reflections on Kobe Bryant's Death Like the rest of America I was both shocked and saddened to hear the news that Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna and 7 other passengers died tragically in a helicopter crash last Sunday afternoon in Calabassas, California. As I listened to the ESPN reporters and guests trying to make sense of it all, one of the themes that emerged was h...

Our daughter Maddie, a college senior, was stressing about her serious lack of funds over Christmas break. She had an appendectomy on December 1st and due to complications post-surgery she wasn't able to work all month. I kept telling her, "The Lord knows what you need." And then I would anxiously pray, "Lord, HELP!" The Scriptures tell us that we walk by faith and not by ...

We were created for community. And we need to be in healthy community in order to grow and become the people God calls us to be. But when we isolate and pull away from community there are serious consequences. Here are at least four consequences of not being in community: Lost perspective When we live isolated lives we have no outside objective voice to speak into our li...