Stretching the truth

THERE HAVE BEEN times in the years I have tried to combine being a journalist and a Jesus follower that I have felt a little like…

Swimming lessons

AS THE ORIGINAL wimpy kid (though without a diary), I was scared of the water when I was young. I didn’t learn to swim until I…

Adding injury to insult

WAKING UP THE other morning with a sharp pain in my mid-section, I turned to Google for a diagnosis. Big mistake. That innocent search prompted me…

Understanding hard times is not a piece of cake…

I RECENTLY AUDITED a class at a seminary, but most of my theological training has been in more informal settings. One of those lessons took me…