My Story

  • You or Someone You Love

    I’m interrupting our regularly scheduled Monday programming today. Dr. Buttersworth will survive. I’m reasonably certain he’ll have another conjunction to investigate next week. Today, though, I want to speak to you personally. If you are walking through a difficult season with your mental or emotional health, struggling with addiction or recovery, carrying grief or trauma,… Continue reading

  • We Interrupt These Big Buts…

    I interrupt your regularly scheduled Big Buts for a brief announcement about another project that is especially important to me. Although, come to think of it, it really isn’t much of an interruption at all. Around here, I like to say that but may be the most hopeful word in the Bible. Again and again, we find… Continue reading

  • But Thanks Be To God

    This Friday’s Where Broken Stories Meet God’s Grace post takes a personal turn. Next Wednesday will mark 43 years since my dad died. I was sixteen. Even now, I can close my eyes and watch that day unfold as if it were yesterday. So today I’m pausing to share one of the pivotal moments in my own… Continue reading