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June 2018

June 13, 2018
A few days ago, I wrote about five ways to survive depression.  The fifth suggestion...
June 11, 2018
Last week I wrote about the 18 months when I was in a deep depression,...
June 09, 2018
There's an island called Depression.  It's so dark, only the people who live there can...
June 03, 2018
When I found out I'd be traveling to Costa Rica to speak at a conference,...
June 01, 2018
For the next five days I'm speaking at a seminary outside of San Jose, Costa...

May 2018

May 28, 2018
On Saturday afternoon in Paris, 22-year-old Mamoudou Gassama, a refugee from Mali, was on his...
May 24, 2018
Last week I wrote about the one-word piece of medical advice my doctor gave me...
May 23, 2018
The weather in San Francisco abruptly changed two days ago.  It went from being sunny...
May 21, 2018
On Saturday morning as I was putting on scrubs and clogs and pulling my hair...
May 16, 2018
Somehow my cancer treatments affected my ability to fall -- and stay -- asleep.  So...
May 15, 2018
I spent the weekend speaking at the Bent Not Broken conference, a gathering of cancer...
May 13, 2018
When I was 28 years old, I received a call from my OB  I'd gone...
May 11, 2018
One of the best pieces of writing advice I ever got was, "Write the book...
May 10, 2018
Twelve years ago today I was lying in Yale-New Haven Hospital. It was the day...
May 09, 2018
This week I've been thinking a lot about the word "for." Because, while it's important...
May 07, 2018
The last few blogs I've written have been an expression of concern about why evangelicals...
May 06, 2018
This morning, millions of evangelicals who voted for the current president, and continue to not...
May 04, 2018
In 1952, President Truman instituted a National Day of Prayer.  It falls on the first...

April 2018

April 27, 2018
This week I had the opportunity to stand on the rim of the Grand Canyon...
April 18, 2018
Yesterday I flew home to San Francisco after spending the weekend with my brother and...
April 09, 2018
Yesterday at church, the New Testament reading was from John 20, where Jesus appears to...
April 05, 2018
I woke up on Monday morning wondering what it means for us to live out...

March 2018

March 31, 2018
Every Easter weekend, people repeat that saying, “It’s Friday, but Sunday’s coming,” as if to...
March 28, 2018
His name was Arnaud Beltrame.  He was 44 years old.  He was the first officer...
March 23, 2018
On Ash Wednesday this year, I had the opportunity to offer Ashes to Go at...
March 17, 2018
Today, we celebrate Saint Patrick's Day, the day on which a bishop who served Ireland...
March 14, 2018
The Founding Fathers operated on the idea of Manifest Destiny -- that God predestined white...
March 12, 2018
A few days ago I asked the question, "Why do Christians tell crappy stories?" I...
March 08, 2018
It’s International Women’s Day, a day to honor women and remind ourselves why girls are...
March 07, 2018
Every story has a beginning. Every story has an ending. And every story has a...
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