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NPR’s Jennifer Ludden reports that according to a recent Pew Foundation Study there’s been a shift in the economics of marriage that has “turned the marriage market on its head.” The subtitle of her report, “The Rise of the Sugar … Continue reading →

Nicholas Kristof’s latest piece in the NY Times carries echoes of what God had in mind for us in the beginning–getting caught up “to work with others on a cause larger than yourself . . . being hard-wired to be … Continue reading →

I do not understand the mystery of grace—only that it meets us where we are but does not leave us where it found us. —Anne Lamott

Don’t miss this eye-opening article on Jesus healing of the unclean woman in Mark 5. Author L. Lewis Wall is professor of obstetrics/gynecology in the School of Medicine and professor of anthropology in the College of Arts and Sciences at … Continue reading →

“After 9/11, the French newspaper Le Monde declared: We Are All Americans. And after yesterday’s earthquake: Today, we are all Haitians. No country seems to have had worse luck with misrule, environmental mismanagement, natural disasters and poor governance than Haiti. … Continue reading →

Miep Gies, who helped hide Anne Frank and her family for two years during the Holocaust, died at the age of 100. She preserved Anne’s diary which was eventually published by Anne’s father and has given the world an intimate … Continue reading →

One more week and Synergy is heading to Chicago! It seems ages since John Armstrong, President of ACT3, first contacted me with the idea of bringing Synergy to the “Windy City.” This is Synergy’s first venture beyond the warmth of … Continue reading →

Note: Earlier today, Frank posted the following on the Three Mt. Hood Climbers blog. Please keep the families, the searchers, and the two remaining climbers in your prayers. The names are different, but the agony is the same. Instead of … Continue reading →

“We don’t have to have daughters anymore!” The statement comes from Half the Sky, a powerful book I finished reading recently, in which Pulitzer Prize winning authors Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn chronicle the disturbing ongoing global crisis involving women … Continue reading →

Last March—the day before Synergy2009 to be exact—Frank was appointed Provost at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in Massachusetts. That decision triggered a wild and crazy year. We sold our house, packed up, and moved to New England (Boxford, Massachusetts to be … Continue reading →