Jonah and I explore under a bridge beside our house.

We're excited to announce the latest addition to the Lueders family: Gideon Augustine "Gus" Lueders.

Now is the time. No more sowing the seeds of judgement, and destruction.

Will anything that I am doing today - anything that I am investing in, pouring my heart into, cultivating - will any of that still be around 100 years from now?

Waikiki hotel, Hickam Beach, Shark's Cove, the Pali Lookout, the Dorman's home, and the Ko Olina lagoons.

USS Arizona Memorial, Leeward Community College, and Hickam AFB.

Meg and I are spending a week in Oahu - my childhood home of 13 years.

The waiting is only as good as the awaited. I have never been ashamed of waiting.

In the wake of Ty and Terri's unexpected death a few weeks ago, I found myself reading Ty's book A Thousand Screaming Mules for the first time.

It all begins with an idea.

Today I am a new creation. Created by the very hand of God. The God I belong to; the God I worship.

It all begins with an idea.

Jesus had a deep, focused faith on the joy in front of him - on the other side of the cross. So he endured.

You want to delight in my life, now - just as I delight in yours.

God is not served by human hands as though he needed anything, but he himself gives life and breath and everything.

All of the disciples had betrayed the Son of God.

Lord, may I acknowledge that I am a stranger and exile on this earth. May I seek a better homeland - a heavenly one.

We wage war on our flesh by remembering where we're truly from, and choosing to obey a deeper desire to honor our true King.

Endless riches. Treasure unknown. Always a wanderer. Already home.

Loud - but knowing nothing. Constantly talking - with nothing to say. Seducing you towards her - but with nothing to give.