Dear Friends, I continue to learn a thing or two about prayer, namely that I need a constant connection to Christ. There is a need to think about him in every situation – where is he and what does he want? Things go badly when I forget that connection and to honor it with reverence
A Word of Grace – February 26, 2018
Dear Friends, Southwest Airlines runs a series of humorous television commercials in which the characters find themselves in awkward and embarrassing social situations. The voice over says, “Want to get away?” The commercial works because it taps into the foibles, fears, and insecurities of the human condition. On a day when Jesus explained his life
A Word of Grace – February 20, 2018
Dear Friends, I delivered a devotional last week to a “Best Practices in Leadership Summit” at Loma Linda University Health on Valentine’s Day. These are the people I serve and I have grown to love them as I advocate for them and give them legal advice and support. This particular talk involved a personal risk,
A Word of Grace – February 19, 2018
Dear Friends, This message is about events that occurred a week ago, but I was too overcome with awe and reverence to write about them until this week for reasons you will understand as you read. God is great and God is good! Blessed be his name! I pull into the driveway late Friday afternoon.
A Word of Grace – February 12, 2018
Dear Friends, The summer is moving fast, faster than any summer of a life of summers. As July blazes into August, the oncologist brings his somber word — “You need to make the most of this summer, because it is going to be your last on this earth.” That is it – the truth, and