I discovered Neal Lozano’s book, Unbound: A Practical Guide to Deliverance, when our covenant community planned an Unbound Conference with him. About 50 of us learned how to cooperate with the Lord to gain freedom from the influence of evil…
Unbound
Create a Clean Heart in Me, O God
Have you ever felt like King David in today’s psalm? Here is a man who seems to have it all, to be a smashing success. The rags-to-riches story of a shepherd-boy-turned-king is something we usually only see in movies. He…
The Gift of Ordinary Time
Ordinary Time a gift? Man, that’s not a gift; it’s just the regular, run-of-the-mill Catholic mass season. Wait just a minute! Ordinary Time doesn’t mean mundane or dull in the way we modern Americans think of things as “ordinary.” The…
Michael Novak on His Journey from Liberal to Conservative
A few weeks ago I finished reading the latest book by Michael Novak, Writing from Left to Right: My Journey from Liberal to Conservative. (My review of that book is here.) I also had the opportunity to interview Mr. Novak about…
I Can’t Do This Without You: The Case for Christian Community
In the evangelical circles where I first cut my teeth as a Christian, hit-and-run evangelism was a sore topic. A mission team might swarm into town, preach the Gospel, hand out tracts, and pray with new converts . . . …
Tapping into an After-Christmas Spirit
The presents have been opened. The cards have all been sent and filed. We laughed, we hugged, we ate roast beast. For many of us, the decorations have already come down. (Of course in the Grayson household, they stay up…
Ambassadors of Jesus
This is how you are to pray: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name, Your kingdom come, Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven… (Matthew 6:9-10) We spend Advent and the Christmas season preparing ourselves…
Blown Away! Snowstorm Deepens Our Faith
It’s funny how the simple things can leave you flat on your face. One time it was my boots. Another time it was a job. This last time it was the recent snow and cold snap that jarred me. God…
Shooting to Be the Star of Wonder
On January 1, I watched (on TV) crazy, nutty people take the Polar Bear Plunge and throw their half-naked bodies out of the 16 below zero air temperature into icy cold waters through a hole that had been chiseled into…
The Last Best New Year’s Resolution
I suggest making one last resolution for the New Year: stop making them. Within the first month, most people have broken their resolutions anyways. Ask any health club manager about the January spike that levels out by February. You don’t…