“I just want you to fall in love again.” This quote is from a print that I gave away as part of a Lenten package on Instagram, and I think it’s a great way to approach our Lenten practices this year. We can give up chocolate, coffee (your family asked me to tell you, “Please don’t!”), social media, our phones, or even warm showers (I'm not that strong.) The list is endless and each one is a worthy sacrifice. Or our sacrifice can be an empty practice of discipline that does no

What are you doing for Lent? Is it going to help you get ready for Easter? In my travels to the Holy Land, I realized in a new way that the story of salvation has many layers that build and support each other in incredible ways. The story of Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection is compelling and meaningful in its own right. Old Testament stories and events bring a new level of meaning and depth the everything Jesus did and said. Standing where Jesus taught, was imprisoned, di

Sharing my photos with my family from two weeks in Israel, I knew I had to fly through to keep their attention. I have hundreds of photos, but not even my family wants to go into my adventures in that level of detail. Today, I will spare you the hundreds and offer you a few photos and hopefully some insights that will help you to experience at least a little of the wonderful journey I made while I was there. After landing in Tel Aviv, we made a beeline for the Sea of Galilee

“It is good that we are here.” Standing on the shores of the Sea of Galilee, these words echoed in my heart much as they had been spoken by Peter after witnessing Jesus’ transfiguration on the mountaintop. “It is good that we are here.” It is good that I am here. Just as Peter witnessed Jesus in His glory speaking to Elijah and Moses, I was walking the ground where Jesus walked, witnessing the story on the ground level, and I was moved and amazed. I sat where Jesus preached