Following the King

Everyone is a follower. A speaker once told me that even leaders are followers. The critical issue is asking the question, "Who or what am I following?" Increasingly, people have begun to refer to themselves as followers of Jesus rather than Christians. I am...

Creating Space for Those Whom I Love

Another missed dinner. Life in the emergency department was often frantic. Creating time and space for my beloved Pamela, Emily, Julia and Catherine was difficult… and at times just did not happen. Loving my family required a discipline of setting apart a time...

So Easy… the Life of Hypocrisy

Years ago, late at night, a fistfight began just outside of my college dorm room. As I opened the door, I was surprised to see the president of the campus Peace Society with his fists flying. My mind wandered to his eloquent expressions of his passion for peace. I...

Some Things Are Not An Option

I grew up on a reservation in South Dakota, filled with resentment and anger toward the white man." These were the words of a man sitting next to me at a banquet. He shared with me that even in the midst of his anger God had brought him into a relationship with...