Gibbs Rule # 38
I’m a big NCIS fan — the TV show, not necessarily the real Naval Criminal Investigative Service. The...
Stephen Schmidt
Shut Up and Roll Over
My dog, Zack*, and I are a lot alike. I was going about my regular routine this morning,...
Gay Pride : WWJD ?
On June 1st, President Barack Obama officially declared June 2009 as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month....
The Voice of God
I’ve never heard the audible voice of God. I’ve met people who have, and I’ve always kinda envied...
The Most Powerful Words to Pray
Seems like I always wake up in the mornings with a million things racing through my mind. As...
Misfiring Faith
I come from a faith tradition that believes in miracles. We believe in divine healing, in supernatural provision,...
Meditation over Morning Coffee: Grace & the Law (ongoing)
You know that principle of synchronicity? It’s the idea that a coincidence of events can somehow seem related...
Come and See
It’s a bright, cold Sunday morning, and as usual, I’m sitting with my coffee trying to focus my...
Clean Your Filters!
This morning my sister-in-law Christine sent out an email regarding the importance of our thought-life that got me...
An Ox on the Sabbath
Compassion trumps correctness. Relationship is more important than being right. Over the past few weeks, my brother and...