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2022
2021
- Dec - Christmas: Up Close and Personal
- Jun - No Justice without Love
- Apr - What We’re Really Looking For
- Mar - Jesus & the Third Option
- Feb - A Conversational Life with God
2020
- Dec - Joseph & Justice
- Nov - Absurd Generosity
- Sep - An MRI for the Soul
- Sep - School of Kingdom Living
- Jul - "Remembering" the World God So Loves
- Jun - Replace Guilt with Desire
- Apr - Contentment in the Pandemic
- Mar - Only Half Alive?
- Feb - Getting on the Same Page with God
- Jan - Do It Anyway
2019
- Dec - Baby Jesus--Extraordinary Strategist?!
- Nov - Gratitude Lists that Aren’t Boring
- Oct - Was Jesus Boring?
- Sep - Is God Obligated to Love People?
- Aug - Mass Shootings - What’s Missing?
- Jul - Prayer: Small, Real Needs or High, Lofty Dreams?
- May - Sin Is Hard, Doing the Right Thing is Easier
- Mar - Change Is More CAUGHT than Taught
- Feb - Did Jesus Like to Party?
- Jan - Sink Your Teeth Into Life
2018
- Sep - I Have Everything I Need???
- May - Jesus Today
- Mar - An Easter Mistake: Jesus Was NOT a Helpless Victim
- Jan - God Is So Much Better Than You Think
2017
- Dec - My Answer to Hurry
- Nov - Nothing Is Too Ordinary for God
- Aug - Where Are You Headed?
- Jul - The Great Shift in my Life with God
- May - No More Crabby Jesus
- Apr - What is a Spiritual Director?
- Mar - Starved for Beauty
- Feb - Freestyling the Lord’s Prayer
- Jan - Reading the Bible in TECHNOCOLOR
2016
- Dec - Waiting: An Adventure, Not a Waste of Time 634
- Nov - Politics, But Not as Usual
- Oct - 18 Inch Gap from Head to Heart: I Know but I Don’t Do
- Sep - Kingdom Life Now: Generous and Unafraid
- Aug - Is God Submissive to People?
- Jul - Bits of Forgiveness
- Jun - Unseen Realities I Need to Remember
- May - Sing to the Lord—Even Badly?
- Apr - A Technology Fast
- Mar - Jesus & So-Called “Worldly” People
- Feb - Three Buck Day
- Jan - “Trust Me!”
2015
- Dec - Hearing God through the Year
- Nov - Honorary Sons and Daughters
- Oct - A Day of No Retort
- Sep - Welcoming the Stranger
- Aug - Welcoming the Person in Front of Me
- Jul - What About Those Drowning Egyptians?
- Jun - Acceptance: Then What?
- May - Accepting People As They Are
- Apr - Small Things Keep Us from Being Practical Atheists
- Mar - What About the Other Guy
- Feb - Trust God & Do the Next Thing
- Jan - Reflecting on Energy - and Lack of It!
2014
- Dec - The Kind of Person You Can Talk to about Spiritual Things
- Nov - How Did Mary Become So Adventurous?
- Oct - Switching the Focus
- Sep - Reprocessing Anger into Grace
- Aug - Seeing Jesus
- Jul - The With-God Life
- Jun - Confessions of a Game-Changer
- May - Quieting Our “Inner Committee”
- Apr - Doing “Serious Nothing”
- Mar - God’s Opinion of Me
- Feb - Joyful Trust - Astounding Behavior
- Jan - The Abundant Life of Simplicity
2013
- Dec - Holy Space in Community
- Nov - Simple But Powerful:Practicing God’s Presence
- Oct - How do People Change?
- Sep - Unoffendable - Like Teflon
- Aug - Serenity, Courage and Wisdom
- Jul - A Simpler Way to Live
- Jun- Dog & Cat Theology
- May - Stepping up to the Plate
- Apr - Unscorched?
- Mar - Grace That’s Hard to Swallow
- Feb - Is Jesus an Exception?
- Jan - Mission: Possible!
2012
- Dec - This Present Moment
- Nov - Buy Nothing Day
- Oct - Raising our Standard of Loving
- Sep - Returning to Joy?
- Aug - Rowing or Sailing?
- Jul - Try, Try Again? No.
- Jun - I Do Nothing on my Own
- May - Drop or Ignore...Criticism?
- Apr - Saturated in Serenity
- Mar - Leisure: Why God Likes It
- Feb - Perfect Combo of Love:Justice & Tenderness
- Jan - Seeking the “Advantage” Doesn’t Work
2011
- Dec - Christmas: The Lowliness of God
- Nov - Loving People into Goodness
- Oct - Impression Management vs. Authenticity
- Sep - Un-Prayed For Answers
- Aug - Relaxing into Another Reality
- Jul - “Much More” God
- Jun - Making Space for the Life We Really Want
- May - Simplicity: Freedom from Self-Enslavement
- Apr - Contract, or Shared Life?
- Mar - Guilt Odyssey
- Feb - Jesus Under Fire
- Jan - Fully Functional?
2010
- Dec - Stability of Heart vs “Just Getting Through”
- Nov - The Presence of a Very Good Person
- Oct - Companion-Not 911 Emergency Operator
- Sep - Guilt Can Be a Temptation
- Aug - Humility and Confidence
- Jul - Pushing the River
- Jun - No Longer Muddling
- May - Wisdom
- Apr - God and the Bad Guys
- Mar - Not Getting What I Want Is OK
- Feb - Charity and Respect for Everyone
- Jan - Grateful for Enough
2009
- Dec - Astonishingy Merciful
- Nov - Only the Next Step
- Oct - What Jesus Doesn’t Think
- Sep - Personal Retreats
- Aug - Confidence in Chaos
- Jul - Exploring God’s Will
- Jun - It’s Always about Relationship
- May - Old Testament Treasures
- Apr - Does Growth Always Require Suffering?
- Mar - Dread
- Feb - Surrendering My Crutch
- Jan - Jesus, the Artist
2008
- Dec - Compassion that Flows
- Nov - Did Jesus Get Angry?
- Oct - Speaking Truth With Love
- Sep - Soul School: Invitation to the Jesus Life
- Aug - Switch the Station
- Jul - Bent Over How?
- Jun - Can God Redeem Anything?
- May - Getting “Fed” by God
- Apr - Greatness Doesn’t Always Look Great
- Mar - Power & Authority
- Feb - Waking and Going-to-Sleep Pictures
- Jan - The Underrated Virtue
2007
- Dec - Is God Enough?
- Nov - God Speaking To You
- Oct - Your Future!
- Sep - Praying in Jesus’ Name
- Aug - Jesus Taking You Aside
- Jul - Talking to your Soul
- Jun - Patient and Compassionate Jesus
- May - What God Says to You
- Apr - Goofy Justice
- Mar - Jesus Who Squats
2006
