Here are three of the most popular lines used by Millennials: “Sorry, Not Sorry.” “Let’s Netflix and Chill.” “Avocado Toast Beats A Mortgage.” But the most pervasive thread running through that generation is the pop-culture idiom YOLO—You Only Live Once.      AVOCADO TOAST may have an exclusive connection to Millennials, but they do not have 100% ownership of YOLO. Their co-owners include...

FEAR NOT.    QUICK! What just went through your mind in response to those two words?    Were your thoughts mostly POSITIVE on viewing “Fear Not” as a safe refuge from the world’s uncertainty?    Or did your mind cough up something NEGATIVE that looked at “Fear Not” as an impossibility in your life today?    A quick review of past comments from our global online...

This just in from our global tribe of nearly 900,000 online followers: When I pray, I don’t expect God to answer me. Where am I messing up?    This is a great question that applies to any Christian who prays with at least a little DOUBT. And that’s all of us at one time or another, to one degree or another.    Praying with conscious or subconscious DOUBT has dangerous outcomes:...

Yesterday we were playing hockey on a FROZEN LAKE. Today we’re hiking on a MOUNTAIN TRAIL in the same “majestic Sierra’s” where I crashed through thin ice into the frigid water.    This hike does NOT feature a near-death story.  It was memorable because of WHEN we decided to abort the hike. We turned back in the shank of a SUNNY and splendid spring morning at the base of SLIDE MOUNTAIN,...

I almost died one winter day as a 13-year-old playing ice hockey with my older brother Miles on a frozen lake in Nevada’s majestic Sierra Mountains. The last thing I remember is chasing an errant puck toward the middle of the lake, hitting thin ice, and then plunging into the frigid abyss. I can still recall the sound of ice breaking like glass and the bone-chilling cold that seized my body. But most...

This just in from our global online tribe: I want to activate my faith like you write so much about, but every day I think thoughts that tell me it’s impossible. What does that say about my faith?    This is a great question that says nothing more about your faith than you are an imperfect human trying to follow God in a broken world–like all of us. It also puts a spotlight on one...

Even though few people change out their wardrobe every season, all of us at least think about it when an image in the media hijacks our attention and tickles the insidious allure of consumerism that resides inside human nature. The fantasy focuses on running through our closet to see what items need to be discarded and replaced by something new.    While most of us never actually change...

This is one of those rare “hard-to-believe, BUT TRUE” stories. A story God can use to strengthen your relationship with him. A story that has profoundly impacted my own faith walk.    It begins when a friend of mine took one of his closest mates to an empty mall parking lot one Sunday in May just after dawn. Their mission? A DRIVING LESSON.    His friend had never driven a car...

This just in from our global online tribe:    Does Psalm 91:10 say Christians do not have to fear harm?    Great question. Here it is: “No harm will overtake you; no disaster will come near your tent. For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways; they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.” Psalm 91:10...

The entire planet is obsessed with MAKE OVERS and DO OVERS. Both of those television-contrived trends pivot on waving a magic wand to vanquish imperfections. Change circumstances. Restore hope.    The MAKEOVER is a radical transformation or remodeling–home makeovers, lifestyle makeovers, and style makeovers–all building to a stunning “big reveal” at the end.    The...