This week my thoughts have been drawn to the violence that we continue to experience daily in our beloved country. What we are seeing in the shootings of police officers and African-Americans is a terrible racial divide, deep wounds that have not been healed. As followers of Jesus Christ, what can we do to heal those … Read More
“Shared Conversations” and déjà vu I have just returned from a two-week holiday and a graduation in the UK, mindful of the Church of England’s General Synod. While there, I disciplined myself to avoid comments and to simply enjoy my time away with my wife and friends. But, towards the end, my attention … Read More
Several weeks ago I had a wonderful conversation with the friend of my college age daughter. She and my daughter room together, and the Asheys were enjoying a visit to their new apartment near campus. My daughter’s friend and roommate is Jewish, but decidedly agnostic after biblical and Rabbinical studies in a seminary. My daughter … Read More
I was deeply blessed by a recent phone call from a Christian leader who has never failed to bear fruit (Jeremiah 17:8) for Christ and his Kingdom. His name is Jim. He joined the staff at St James Newport Beach in the early 1970s as an assistant Youth Pastor, when I was still in … Read More
I remember years ago when I was sworn in as a Deputy District Attorney (prosecutor) in California, and one of my first appearances was before a senior judge in Juvenile Court. I was fresh out of law school, eager and earnest to make my case against the juvenile whom I can’t even remember now. What … Read More
