There’s a student in our church we really admire. His family is broken, he’s known agony, and he still points toward God. Yesterday he told us his prayer life isn’t where he wants it, but he’s trying. “I’m not a close companion with God, but I respect Him from a distance and I want to […]

Back in 1999 a friend and I visited Lorne Sanny, long-time president of The Navigators, in his Glen Eyrie office. The conversation was deep, rich, and full of stories. One story recently came to mind. We asked Lorne about spiritual maturity — what it looks like and how it develops. “Sincerity,” he said. “Take the […]

Yesterday’s Wall Street Journal featured a scrappy little op-ed piece about Iran. The Iranian government is planning to kill five pro-democracy protestors. And they’re bullying a 24-year-old French woman, apparently with France’s blessing, Sarkozy’s tough talk notwithstanding. In its 30 years, the Islamic Republic has used assassination squads, fatwas, terrorism and hostage-taking as tools of […]