I heard this question asked recently in a discussion about the emotional health of clergy, precipitated by the tragic death of a well-known local preacher who took his own life. The question is tricky, because we know that a person can be spiritually healthy but physically unhealthy. If you're older, then your "outer self is [...]
I’ve just watched an LA TV reporter in the process of giving a live report from his car come across an isolated home where a small, hungry wildfire was creeping up the hillside toward it. He stopped his report and went to get help. Ten minutes later, he returned with a fire truck crew, and [...]
It’s my observation as one now married more than thirty years that two things are required for a successful marriage: commitment and compatibility. But I fear that out of fear we have given compatibility far more weight than it can carry as a predictor of marital health. And if the other person doesn’t match up [...]
We live in a world today of so many connections, but so little friendship. Social media links us as never before with hundreds of people who are only a click away - and yet study after study shows that we are lonelier than ever. While pondering this enigma recently, I came across the story in Scripture [...]
As a pastor who’s now logged 33 years with the wife-of-my-life, I’ve been asked often what makes for an enduring marriage. And when that question comes up, invariably I bring up – naturally – Lewis and Clark. For real. On May 21, 1804, at 3:30 in the afternoon, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, along with [...]
