How to support people living with mental illness
People who live with a mental illness have been my teachers. I have learned a lot about life from what they model and say....
Possibilities and hope
I have Bipolar 2 Disorder. A blunt opener but I intend to be honest and bring perceptions and curiosities to the surface. Mental illness...
Living with too many choices
Many of us battle “mind games”—thoughts of worry, anxiety, regret, insecurity, decision-making paralysis and fear that keep looping in our minds. While these mind...
Who inspires you?
When my family moved from Colorado to Bakersfield, Calif., in early 2016, I knew one person who had grown up there. Rachel had been...
The place we’ve never been
It was early 2007 and our son and daughter were strapped into their booster seats in the back of the minivan. My wife was...
Comings and goings
Students at Fresno Pacific Biblical Seminary have unique call stories, hopes and fears related to their studies and dreams beyond their course work. I...
Ten steps to becoming a praying church
I love the picture in Revelation 4 of John entering into the throne room and thepresence of God. John finds himself in a scene...
Christian unity in spite of global diversity
When we speak of the global church of Christ, the apostle Paul’s first letter to the church at Corinth offers a helpful point of...
