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READ THIS One of the great things about being here at Rift Valley Academy, is there are lots of opportunities to speak in chapel, Sunday mornings, devotions, etc. All that time just forces me to spend time in the word – and come up with something that seems like it would be helpful and beneficial…

READ THIS Last week we looked at Gas-Station devotions, that approach that sees ‘some time with God’ as ample to fill you up with what you need until you run out and need him again. But there is an approach where the same thing – daily devotions – can be life-brining, meaningful, and helpful throughout the day. …

READ THIS More than once I’ve been told to prioritize morning devotions because I need to ‘fill my spiritual tank.’ The risk of skipping them is that I may not have enough to make it through the day.  What a horrible metaphor. You fill your tank with gas, put the nozzle back, and drive away…

READ THIS so sensible UK regulations forbid electrical outlets in a bathroom, and lights have a pull-cord so you don’t even physically touch the switch  so very resonable If there is an outlet, it’s a special shaver-only outlet with a small dedicated transformer built into it with restrictions on its power use, and it only…

READ THIS After Susan and I had been married one year, we moved to Kazakstan – the Central Asian, former Soviet republic. That same year, Susan’s older sister lived in Japan and we thought it would be nice to get together for Christmas. I found cheap tickets for her to fly to us via Moscow.…

READ THIS Most of the time we are SURE what we want, and we’re pretty sure we know what’s good for us.  Take a random 12-year-old boy and ask them what they want to drink. In some parts of the world – the answer may be Mountain Dew.  Never mind that one bottle contains a…

READ THIS I’ve been trying to run quite a bit since arriving here in Kenya. But it’s hard. We’re over 2000m above sea level and live on the side of a hill. So everything is up and down on rough dirt and rocks, and the air is rather thin. The first few weeks here the…

READ THIS: ​I have a fairly distinct memory from when I was about 7 years old. We were at camp, I was sitting drinking an Orange Crush from a glass bottle. Took a swig of that sweet, sweet nectar – and suddenly realized something was horribly wrong. ​Instead of joy – there was pain and…

READ THIS One of the reasons we struggle with contentment is that we are setting ourselves up for failure. We intuitively know we are whole – integrated beings. We have spiritual, emotional, mental, physical and other needs/longings/hurts. The problem comes when we try to compartmentalize them. For some reason when we think of contentment, it’s clear that…