When Job’s three friends, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite, heard about all the troubles that had come upon him, they set out from their homes and met together by agreement to go and sympathize with him and comfort him. Job 1:11 It will probably not surprise anyone who knows me that my enneagram types are… Read More

Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days.”  They replied, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and you are going to raise it in three days?”  But the temple he had spoken of was his body.  John 2:19-21 When I went to yoga class the other night, I wore a… Read More

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us,  fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning… Read More

I wrote this post a couple of days ago, but waited to share it.  I was focused on how much I might lose by “coming out”.  Friends, family, fellow church members, co workers, readers of my books may disagree with where I stand.  But, I decided that it was more important to publicly  state what’s been rolling around in my… Read More

Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.  Romans 12:12 When last I wrote, I found peace and some physical help in yoga.  Some of you must have been praying for me, too, because two weeks ago I also found relief from my physical symptoms in a dramatic way.  Head in hand, I complained to Glen about feeling… Read More

The Spirit of God has made me; the breath of the Almighty gives me life.  Job 33:4 The election is over and whether your candidates won or lost, it is time to take a breath. Breathe in.  Breathe out.  Repeat.  You may think the world is going to hell and maybe it is, but before we slide back into the… Read More