I arrived at Guajome Park Academy at 7 am. It was one of three sites for this year’s Toys for Joy event. I had arrived fifteen minutes before my check-in time. I was glad I brought a jacket because though the sky was clear and the sun was bright, it…

My wife and I were saving to try to buy a house for our small but growing family when we came upon one we really loved. It was in the perfect neighborhood and had the perfect schools, and suddenly our hearts got very involved. How we wanted that house. When…

Greg Wright stood on the outskirts of the park, a basketball wedged between his arm and hip, and watched a pick-up game taking place on the basketball court. These guys look pretty good, he thought. As the six-foot-seven former college star watched, he sized up every player. It was the…

They are very simple signs, sometimes written in chalk on a board or black top. But when Sheri Brown and team from the Rock’s Compelled by Love Ministry attend an event, conference, or parade and place a sign in front of their position that says things like, “No Religion/No Church/Want prayer?” it is an invitation to get a need met without the possibility of judgment. And people respond. The result is tears and changed lives.

I was being shown to a front-row seat along the stage of a beautiful theater and thought, This is awesome. What kind of dancing will this be? A very handsome guy I had met at my London gym had asked me if I wanted to see him dance that night…

It was early morning of December 13, 2017 when I woke up feeling like the world was about to end. The fact that Lisa, my wife of 32 years, lay in hospice, the result of a long battle with muscular dystrophy that she would soon be forced to concede, brought…

Paying off debt is possible. Trust me, I know. I was thousands of dollars in debt. I tried to pay off my debt. I had the desire, but none of my strategies worked. For over ten years, I tried, while living a comfortable life in North Carolina — car paid off, low rent, and high income. But then God placed me in the environment I needed to get out of debt: San Diego. What? In moving to San Diego, I had to buy a car, my rent doubled, the cost of living was substantially higher, and my income was significantly lower. Doesn’t exactly sound like a formula for getting out of debt, does it? I thought the same thing.

Sometimes loneliness feels like a blinking cursor on a white screen. Everything seems empty and overwhelming, and you’re not really sure how to move in the right direction. You can be in a room teeming with people and still feel like you’re the only one there. You believe you are involved in people’s lives because you witness everything they have been doing via social media, but in reality, you’re lonelier than ever.

I’ve always wondered if I am just a lousy Christian. But ever since I was a kid, I have known that I should read the Bible as it was the key to a relationship with God. And so I would get up and do a burry-eyed read-over of a few verses, or, when I would set the bar higher, I’d…