As I sit here with my pup on my lap, rereading Genesis, this year with Peterson's "Message", I am thrilled to think of promises yet to...

This afternoon my latest book, “A Catalyst for Change” went public and my new website was introduced, http://www.johnthecatalyst.com. ...

I cannot believe how long it has been since I have posted on my blog. As well, how the thought of “two thieves” continues to incubate in...

Matthews’ account of John the Baptist struck a chord with me this a.m. given the recent loss of an admired believer, though somewhat...

Most of my mornings begin with an earlier than expected awakening; this morning around 3:00. When I slip into my bedroom shoes, Coach...

These last couple of weeks has been quite involved at several levels, within my business, my community engagement and also my family. ...

I was unable to escape a pastor’s message on Sunday regarding the great “NO” faced by our Lord in Gethsemane, a place more and more...

I guess, with the political clamor in our nation and in fact around the globe, and the divisive religious conversations now occurring,...

Here I sit, once more struggling with transparency, as with wonder, I reenter my annual read through of the Word! Now endowed with...

Life experience is the tool of the Teacher; capturing what the Teacher says is the skill that daily begs of me and thus the joy of...

This morning, as I opened Richard Rohr’s newest book, The Divine Dance, I found myself in a moment of introspection. In just a few...

I can remember the first time I heard the phrase “Both/And” in a religious setting.  I was huddled among moderate Baptists with whom I...

Occasionally in my read through scriptures, a phrase will leap out at me and remain present throughout the rest of my reading, almost a...

This morning as things seem to be planing out somewhat, I picked up one of my wife’s devotionals from Max Lucado, “On Cavary’s Hill.”  I...

My Facebook page serves as a sample of the global community in which I live.  I have carefully maintained a broad spectrum of “friends”-...

Its been a while since I have felt compelled to post my thoughts. Perhaps it was the wonderful anticipation of a new granddaughter,...

“When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish...

I am certain that the title of this post caught the attention of my evangelical Christian friends, though that was not my intention. The...

I still have a knot in my throat and a certain sorrow in my heart after a weekend with Martin Luther King, Jr.  Actually it was a couple...

As I continue my lifelong journey of taking scripture by the throat, choking every ounce of truth from it, I run the risk of drawing ire...