Roger and I were driving together to Prescott, Arizona. He was a friend, and the pastor of a church outside of Phoenix. I was going to be speaking at a retreat he had arranged for the men of his church at a mountain retreat center. My kids were teenagers at the time, and they were […]
The Value of Fog
My in-laws live in Bakersfield, CA, so we make the drive up there pretty often. In the summer, it’s a hot drive (but we have air conditioning in the car). In the winter, it’s cold (but we have a heater). But we don’t have anything on our car to deal with the most deadly winter […]
Wherever You Are . . . Be There
I tend to live for tomorrow. It’s not my intent. I know you’re supposed to take one day at a time. But I have a really long to-do list. (You, too?) So when I tackle something on that list, my focus isn’t usually on the task itself. I’m not thinking about what I’m doing, savoring […]


