We all crazy deep relationships – those people we can tell our most intimate secrets to and know they still have our backs. We want the type of friend who would take a bullet for us. Unfortunately, few people have relationships like that. Often, that’s because we don’t know how to take our friendships beyond…
There’s a scene in CS Lewis’ The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe that I love. The lion Aslan, who represents Jesus, had just risen from the dead. And the children who saw him resurrected were asking how it was possible. Aslan responded: “though the Witch knew the Deep Magic, there is a magic deeper still which she…
I’m part of a Facebook group filled with ministry and business leaders. A post shocked me the other day. A man wrote: My church is cutting my job due to budget cuts. They asked me to make a list of companies that perform my function before I leave. Any companies I should add to my…
I remember when I was a kid, road trips baffled me. We used to commute back and forth through San Antonio to our home in Kerrville, Texas. I was always confused that my dad took a particular exit: I-10 to El Paso. We’d get on this road to El Paso, and I never understood it. “Dad,…
I got into a great religious discussion the other day over coffee. I was hanging out with a very intellectually honest agnostic. At one point he even said, “I think Jesus really existed. He was probably just a brilliant con man.” I laughed because I had to respect the intellectual honesty of the guy. That’s…