A durable calling
I recently celebrated 25 years of pastoral ministry at Mountain View Church in Fresno, California. You can’t help but reminisce a little when you...
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...
Why church?
My local church has impacted me in important ways. When I was asked to write about why, as a young adult, I stay involved...
Take your pulse
My first ministry role was as a trauma chaplain. I needed a job for a year while my wife finished college, and the local...
Growth is God’s work
Kansas weeds are different. I possess no data or evidence to justify that claim, but lived experience testifies that Kansas weeds are particularly pernicious....

















