Hi friends- Recently, I’ve been writing with a friend who is in a course about pastoral care. I told him that I think about my work these days, particularly in chaplaincy, in terms of the “cure of souls” as Eugene Peterson wrote about pastoral care. (I wrote about his idea a dozen years ago, and […]

Hi friends- The other day, a couple of us had the opportunity to visit with part of a nursing team that serves moms and babies in high-risk pregnancies and births. It’s a team that I wish had been in existence thirty-five years ago. I’m grateful for them now. (I talked about our story in “Bearing […]

As FREEDOM TOUR 2013 rolls out of Cheyenne, I should tell you a bit about some special team members. Colin and Teagan, 2 teenagers, joined the ride with their dad, Patrick, who hoped for a bonding experience with his sons. Maybe not all that unusual, except – while others on the team rode sleek, light […]

Hey friend- Last week, as I was thinking about writing again, I made a note: “Write about being kind. Or being helpful.” And now as I’m trying to figure out what to say to you, I’m not being kind. To myself. It’s a funny word. It doesn’t feel like an American word, actually. We hear […]

Hey friend. A couple weeks ago, our Sunday texts were about Jesus in the boat with the disciples, in the storm. And about Paul telling the church in Corinth about the ways he’d persevered:  “in great endurance; in troubles, hardships and distresses; in beatings, imprisonments and riots; in hard work, sleepless nights and hunger; in […]