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And If He Sees His Shadow…

“This is one time where television really fails to capture the true excitement of a large squirrel predicting the weather.” – Bill Murray, Groundhog Day This Tuesday is Groundhog Day, a North American tradition observed in the US and Canada on February 2. Its origins...

Twenty Years… and Counting!

Twenty years ago this past week, I began my ministry with the Conejo Valley Church of Christ. It was a week before the inauguration of President George W. Bush and nine months before the calamitous events of 9/11. Our daughters were 7, 4 and 2 years old and I was what...

A Quiet Word

[Editor’s note: today’s timely meditation by Landon Saunders invites us to reflect on our humanity in light of Micah 6:8.] I woke up this morning thinking about the question that has guided my life and work most: What does it mean to be a human being? It’s Tuesday...

Gratitude as a Way of Seeing

This week’s article was written before the events of Wednesday, January 6. While we realize that feelings of shock, sadness, and unrest are more prevalent now than the sentiments expressed in this poem, we do feel that this will be a good reminder for us to...

A Grateful Resolution

Happy new year! First of all, I have no significant predictions to offer for the next twelve months; 2020 cured me of that! Second, I invite you to consider a disposition you can cultivate that I (ahem!) predict could make a big difference for your life this coming...