About 10 days ago, I was returning home from a business trip to the Bay Area, and spotted this article in U.S.News & World Report in the airport newsstand. I grabbed the magazine (paid for it, yes) and then hurried to my flight home, weary from a long day. It was a breathtaking fall evening, … Continue reading Do We Have Souls?

http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=-8223703969519532554&hl=enThis looks like it might be good television! I just spotted this series yesterday, and will be watching the second episode tonight. Here is the TLC web site for the series; lots of good information.

I have found my calling. I have heard the voice of the Lord! And I am bringing my clubs.Pictured at left is the Koolau Golf Club in Kaneohe, Hawaii. Located just northeast of Honolulu, Koolau is an 18 hole course known as one of the toughest courses in the nation.And now, to my glee, its … Continue reading Golfing For Jesus, First Presbyterian Honolulu

Friends, family members, sycophants.If you love me, you will buy me this for Christmas; a Dwight Shroot Bobblehead (from The Office).I don't ask for much.....

One week ago, our church had its annual retreat weekend. I wrote about attending this event a year ago here.Our church has had a tough go of it over the past 18 months, suffering a most painful split, resulting in the resignation/dismissal of two pastors. It felt like living through the most embarrassing moments of … Continue reading Still in the Healing Business

“All people really want is God”. That was the answer to the question posed by my friend. That is all. And yet,there is so much more to that answer.God. The Lord.Images come to mind of a giant bellowing figure, suspended in space, waiting to smite us all. Or perhaps a somewhat bemused and detached Santa … Continue reading The Huge Answer – What People Really Want

I heard this question asked today, by a dear friend, who I have known for many years.At the moment it was asked, I felt as if I had experienced something very elemental, very deep, and strangely, sometimes hard to answer.His question: “What is it that people really want?” This question was far bigger than it … Continue reading The Huge Question

My wife and I just finished watching "Is God Green" on PBS. I have one primary prevailing thought, and its not about the complicated intersection of global warming, Christian ethics, and political conviction.Its about which church I would want to go to. I believe in the Missional Church, big time. Given this, it is my … Continue reading Which Church Would You Pick?

Its time I confessed. Last week, I posted that I was on a business trip. Some of you might have been suspicious of the timing, given recent world events.I guess I should tell the truth; see photo at left. Its me and the Dear One.Thanks, Eric.

Today, our lives entered a new phase. Our 15 year old, began driving.She went down to the Costco parking lot tonight with her mom, to practice just putting the van in gear and trying out the gas and brake. It was a thrill-seeking task for my wife. Apparently there were several close calls involving inanimate … Continue reading Clear the Streets!