Many of you have been praying for Kristina since her heart transplant in 2020. I’m sharing this update to give praise to God and thank you for your prayers.Thirty five years ago we bought our son Matt...  Read More

I was playing golf one afternoon this summer in Phoenix with Richard and Dan when a monsoon storm approached from the north. Thunder rumbled, lightning bolts shot from dark clouds and strong winds ben...  Read More

If I wrote a book on “How Not to Save Money,” I would have plenty of personal stories to share. Here is a recent one.I just returned from a wedding in Montana. I had the privilege to lead a ceremony f...  Read More

I was in Marin County this month to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Church of the Open Door, the first church that grew out of our Jesus People ministry in the Bay Area. We had people fly and dr...  Read More

My mother, Roberta Buckley, died at 97 on July 12. I was able to have dinner with her and pray with her several times when I was on a ministry trip to California in June. She had been getting weaker, ...  Read More

Don't Take it PersonallyI left a voicemail for someone I love a while ago and didn’t hear back from him. I sent a text and got no reply either. I thought, “Next time he calls me, maybe I won’t answer ...  Read More

Our family gathered in Terra Linda to celebrate my mother, Roberta Buckley’s, 97th birthday this month. We stood in a big circle as several of her children, grandchildren and greatgrandchildren spoke ...  Read More

I was shaking with nervousness as I walked up to the batter’s box with the bases loaded and my teammates screaming encouragement behind me. The pitcher wound up and fired the ball towards the plate. I...  Read More

I had a dream recently in which a friend and I were watching a powerful storm. We both had tears in our eyes as the storm approach. Just as ship’s captains and airplane pilots need to make course corr...  Read More

I was privileged to host radio programs for thirty years and TV programs for ten years in California and Arizona. I had guests that included pastors, authors, athletes, business leaders and politician...  Read More

Several years ago, Kristina and I went to McCloud in Northern California for   a two week trout fishing vacation. On Sunday morning I attended a little   church in town that had about twenty members. ...  Read More

When I was a boy, my parents took their eight children to church every Sunday, even when we were on vacation. I know parts of the service bored me, because I had to confess my sins to the priest whene...  Read More