“I trust everyone.  It’s the devil inside them I don’t trust.” It’s my favorite quote from the movie The Italian Job.  Somehow, it wonderfully weaves together the psychological and the supernatural.  It rings of C.S. Lewis in his classic Screwtape Letters. … Continue reading →

Every so often, you’re given gifts you don’t ask for or expect.  For me, it’s the lavish gift of sharing my book – Leaving Egypt: Finding God in the Wilderness Places – with our City Church San Francisco congregation this … Continue reading →

So, you want to read Leaving Egypt on your Kindle?  It is NOW up on Amazon, and it’s also available in epub through the publisher here for about $7.00.

In her fascinating musings on the exodus story called The Particulars of Rapture: Reflections on the Exodus, Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg weaves insights from Jewish tradition, mystics, and contemporary psychology into her often-compelling but sometimes dense tome.  Especially interesting to me … Continue reading →

When the Israelites first stepped out beyond the border of Egypt, they could taste freedom.  It is what they wanted, or so they thought.  Very quickly, they began to miss the everyday securities of Egypt.  Some became vocal, and soon … Continue reading →

There is a desire within each of us, in the deep center of ourselves that we call our heart.  We were born with it, it is never completely satisfied, and it never dies.  It is the human desire for love.  … Continue reading →

“The good news is an annunciation.  And the annunciation to Mary was no the imparting of information, or the planting of an idea.  By the overshadowing of the Holy Spirit, she became pregnant!  Christ within us by the power of … Continue reading →

Let me introduce you to a therapist named John Calvin.  Get ready – this Reformation icon is about to tell you that you can relax – that we’re all plagued with divided hearts and in need of integrity, but that … Continue reading →