Sorry Jeff – bad pun, but I just can’t help it… Because I’m goin’ to Guatemala with Jeff Goins! (and 24 other super-awesome people).     It’s the Wrecked vision trip, where we’ll spend five days getting off of our comfortable couches and experiencing reality — families living and scavenging in the city dump. Children who have been abandoned. People. People Jesus loves, even though we’ve overlooked and forgotten them. Look, we all get comfortable. And every once in awhile, we need our worlds turned upside down — maybe for the first or fiftieth time. We need to get our hands […]

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When I was a kid, I was a geek. I had bushy hair, and I was almost a full year younger than everyone else in my class. And when it came time for recess, I much preferred sitting against the brick wall with a book. Good writers read a lot. (OK, bad writers sometimes read a lot, too) We read to be influenced, we read to be touched, we read to be entertained. We even read to learn what NOT to do. So when people ask “What’s your favorite book?” I have a hard time answering. But because it’s Fiction […]

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The other night, I woke up around 2:30 and couldn’t get back to sleep. You’ve been there before, right? That horrible tossing and turning? Too hot and too cold at the same time? Mind racing like Secretariat? So I started trying to pick apart the reason I was awake — because it didn’t make sense. My brain was spinning, but over nothing. Not even over stupid things, but truly over nothing. Just spinning. That’s when I remembered that all negative emotions — all stress, all anger, all discouragement, all jealousy, all pride —  boils down to fear. I’ve talked about fear before…what […]

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Welcome to Fiction Friday. Since Zach the Zombie made his debut last June, I’ve shared with y’all little glimpses into his world and his mind. I added it up, and Zach has now made 18 appearances here. Each time he’s popped by, he’s shared little bits of himself. (yes, i did that. sorry. couldn’t help it.) But those bits have been terribly random and out-of-order, so I thought I’d share an outline of the story as it stands right now. Yes, there are some really big gaps that I’ll be asking him to fill in.  Thanks for your grace!   History (posted 6 July) […]

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Last week, I shared with y’all the beautiful “why” of our adoptions. Now, I want to show you how five minutes of your time could help thousands of children live a similar love story. As you may have heard, the Justin-Bieber-popular federal adoption tax credit is scheduled to be drastically cut at the end of this year. Like to $0 for most adoptive families. Without this credit, many families will not be able to afford the high cost of adopting a child. Despite your narcoleptic reaction every time you hear the word “legislation,” this is important. Stay awake through the […]

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