There were 10 of them. Plagued with leprosy, these men were social outcasts forced to live on the edge of society embracing an existence that could only be described as miserable, at best. Considered “unclean” and contagious, these lepers couldn’t hold a job, shop at the local market, own property, go to church, or touch…

Veteran’s Day is personal to me. My father is a Vietnam War veteran.  While I haven’t heard many of his stories, I know that the circumstances he found himself in, the atrocities that he witnessed, and the lingering aftereffects can never be erased.  No matter how much time goes by. Beyond the battlefield experience, my…

Fear. It can stop us in our tracks, can’t it? There are 365 “don’t fear” references in the Bible – one for every day of the year conveniently. But, what if we do fear? Can God work with that? If we find ourselves struggling with it – for a moment, a day, a season –…

The Big Island of Hawaii is home to a phenomenal tree called the ‘ohi’a lehua. This tree flourishes in an environment that looks extraterrestrial. Hardened black lava from former Kilauea eruptions cover the landscape. The surface of the land looks as barren, harsh, and uninviting as can be. It’s in these conditions that the ‘ohi’a…

I have a son-in-law who’s a trucker. The vast majority of his week is spent on the road, alone, and behind the wheel. From an outside perspective, his life might look painstakingly mundane. He gets up before the sun does, drives several miles to get to his 18-wheeler, spends long hours on the road hauling…

Dark days. We all have them. You know the ones – when reading your Bible feels pointless; every fiber of your being feels blah; and God seems like He’s a gazillion miles away focusing on anything but you. They’re awful, terrible, no-good days and I had one recently. Several heavy life circumstances had collided at…