[There are two parts to this entry: my five-step guide to a healthy and meaningful transition, followed by my personal ode to a place called Mud Creek.  If you're here for transitional assistance, read the Five Steps.  If you're here…

[Reposting this blog in honor of the heroes of D-Day.  Don't miss the stunning composite photos by Jo Teuwisse at the bottom.] April 11, 2010.  I wasn’t prepared for the sea of white crosses that spread across the horizon when…

It seems fitting, on the week of In Broken Places’ release, that I have dysfunction on the brain. As I’ve worked on the promotional trailer for the novel (at the bottom of this post) and pondered anew the consequences of…

As much as I love words, I know pictures and sound can often convey what is otherwise inexpressible.  Consider this short video a compilation of “inexpressibles”!  Nepal, England, Germany and France: it was the ministry trip of a lifetime.  If…

Easter 2012.  I got up early to go to College Church.  I don’t regularly attend there, but its choir sings the Hallelujah Chorus on Resurrection Sunday every year, and the song takes on new significance in the context of Jesus’…

“Don’t do it,” the cautious little piece of conscience perched on my left shoulder tells me.  “Don’t write on this topic.”  That small voice has been whispering for weeks, trying to dissuade me from exploring a subject that will most…

There’s something revealing about Valentine’s Day for singles.  As advertisers slam us with pink and frilly marketing, as television airs Valentine’s specials and our peers talk about the plans they’ve made for romantic getaways, those of us with neither plans…

My most vivid memory of bullying dates back to elementary school.  There were two boys on bicycles who would lay in wait for me at the end of the day.  I’d pass through the wire gate that led from the…

Would you like to nominate an MK to be blessed by a random act of kindness?  Or are you wiling to send a care-package to a young person studying far from home and family?  The goal of our S.A.D. Alleviation…

I was honored to be interviewed by Melinda Schmidt of Moody Radio for a podcast series titled Bring to Mind. Listen to the interviews Listen to the full interview about MKs Listen to the 8-minute interview about Tangled Ashes and…