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