Risk, Fear, and Peace

The Pacific Ocean Shaking It Up I’ve been struck lately by passages in the bible that describe people’s fear of Christ’s power. Mark 5 provides one example: 15 A crowd soon gathered around Jesus, and they saw the man who had been possessed by the legion of demons. He was sitting there fully clothed and perfectly […]


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Little Miracles

Sawyer Anton Matoushek, 13 Hours Old Bundles of Joy! That expression used to sound trite to me. Not so much anymore. Wednesday my son-in-law phoned me at 2:45 in the afternoon. “We’re being admitted and they’re going to induce Elaine,” Rob reported. “Everything’s fine…it’s just time.” Sawyer’s due date had come and gone eight days earlier. […]


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Lessons in Trust

Cadence meets baby brother Sawyer Into the New Yesterday our precious grandson, Sawyer, was born. In my experience, God’s presence is never clearer than when a baby is entering this world. And He was certainly with us all as my daughter labored and delivered her second son. In the midst of all this joy, I hadn’t […]


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Hidden in Plain Sight

Elaine and I on a Motu off Tahaa, French Polynesia, January 2004 Right Under our Noses My daughter Elaine and I have traveled together to many places. We’ve visited French Polynesia three times. We’ve been to Hawaii, to Texas, to Las Vegas, and taken more weekend road trips than I can count. One of my favorite trips, […]


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Grudging Grace

Jockeying Faith isn’t Bowling In bowling one can score a perfect game of 12 strikes. Faith is different: none of us is perfect in our walk with Christ. Especially me. A week or so ago I was driving home from work. Two lanes over, a woman in a sedan was caught behind a red light while attempting […]


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