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Outside Jerusalem’s walls, in the Valley of Hinnom, children were sacrificed to honor a false god. Hundreds of years later the valley, called Gehenna by Greek speakers, was still a place of death. A city dump, some say, Gehenna burned day and night. When describing Hell, Jesus pointed over Jerusalem’s walls toward Gehenna and made the…
Depression didn’t win. It’s a story I’ve told here before, but last night, knees shaking in front of our church’s youth group, I told it a bit differently.
For instance, I explained the difference between sadness and depression first. Sadness is something a mentally healthy person should feel…when parents are fighting, money is tight, a grandparent… 
I’m teaching a class this afternoon on Harnessing Social Media For Good (register for FREE here). And tonight I’m speaking to our church’s youth group about depression (prayers appreciated). Both opportunities, plus Latin homework with a ten year-old and math with an eight year-old, have me too busy to write anything worth reading today.
But this…
Next month this blog will turn eight! But before it was a blog it was a…
2001 – Message Board
I was on tour with Bebo Norman and a very young Katy Perry back in 2001.
Most nights, after the concert, I’d read fan reviews on the message board of Bebo’s website. And sometimes I’d say “thanks”…
Songs For West
I’ve never absorbed so much news. I’ve been reading and watching daily as the drama in Boston and West, Texas has unfolded – feeling like a helpless useless bystander. The Jesus in me mourned as the number of fatalities and injuries climbed, moved to do something. But what?
So thankful to get an email…
While we’re away as a family for a few days, another post from the archives. This one is from January 2011, before we adopted Sambhaji (from India, not Ethiopia). He’s been ours for almost two years now and I’ve still not forgotten the list.
Thanks for reading. I’ll be back soon.
We’re working with two agencies on…
Originally posted in October of 2010, this reposting of “Cones & Holes” is for anyone who struggles with the tension between law and grace. I sure do.
Enjoy, while my family and I steal away together for a couple days.
God dug holes and called them Law.
God’s people were warned not to step in the holes…
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