I detest the fact that as we age, we begin picking things apart… including the Gospel. We complicate things entirely too much, while a child is drawn to the simple. We make faith a difficult thing to hold on to, while a child believes easily. We err on the side of skepticism, but kids […]
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Freedom From Stuff
In October of 1971 I boarded a Pan Am 747 in what was then called Saigon for the return flight home from Viet Nam. I had escorted eight Teen Challenge graduates to join ranks with the Army’s Deft (Drug Education Field Teams) program. They were to lend their stories of the effects of drugs […]
The Cost of Complexity
There is often a cost associated with having a lot of choices. Remember the days when hot coffee came in four choices … black, black with sugar, black with cream or black with cream and sugar. You didn’t have to think long before ordering. You can walk into Starbucks and ask for a: Double […]