(Video version: The risk of focusing on days) The three friends were living comfortably in Jerusalem. It was a good day. They got captured by Nebuchadnezzar and hauled off to Babylon. It was a bad day. They were selected for an executive leadership training program that was limited to really really bright people. It was […]

I am involved with many situations where the one thing I know, the one thing that I can offer is “Let’s talk to God about it.”  I find myself getting worked up. They are depending on me. I need to give an answer. What if I don’t answer quickly enough. What if the ‘wrong’ thing […]

Char Binkley has been on the radio for 35 years. Five days a week, WBCL, a Christian radio station in Fort Wayne, has a program called Mid-Morning from 9-10. Most mornings for the past 35 years, Char’s been the host. She’s retiring. Today is her last day. From 1985 to 1991, I worked at the […]

When I mess up, I want to tell everyone. I want to be the worst person in the world. Why? Because if I’m the worst person in the world, there’s a particular status in that. Even in the awfulness, there is notoriety. I’ve been thinking about that temptation today, the idea of the broadcast confession, […]

I often have conversations with people who say “but God never…” Sometimes it is, “I have tried talking to God, a lot, but God never answers.” Or “But God never says anything.” Or “but God never lets me know what to do.” Or “but God never healed my mom/dad/relationship/child/heart/family/church.” I hesitate to talk about this […]