Good morning! I’m at one of my favorite places in the world. . .  the BP International hotel looking out the window in the early morning.  The city is still sleeping, although in some ways like every city, it never sleeps.  I’m having a cup of instant coffee (can you believe it) while I type. I can see the building Batman jumped off of in “The Dark Knight.”  Was that real?  To my right is a very large apartment...

Came across this today, and found it so helpful in my own renewal: I am no longer my own, but thine. Put me to what thou wilt, rank me with whom thou wilt. Put me to doing, put me to suffering. Let me be employed for thee or laid aside for thee, exalted for thee or brought low for thee. Let me be full, let me be empty. Let me have all things, let me have nothing. I freely and heartily yield all things to thy pleasure and disposal. And now,...

I’m out of town this week for some study/solitude time.  Unplugged during the day: listening, praying, seeking, quiet.  Evenings are about e-mails, study, plan.  I’m stuck on this song by Audrey Assad as I think about my longing for more of Jesus tonight: Show Me  Audrey Assad (Listen here: http://bit.ly/pS1i55)  (Buy on iTunes: http://bit.ly/o5nXUc) You could plant me like a tree beside a river You could tangle me in...

A well-known evangelical leader passed away this week.  As one blogger puts it, for decades Stott was “. . . one of the most influential voices in evangelical Christianity. As a writer, pastor, teacher, thinker, and leader, Stott impacted countless Christians, shaping an entire movement along the way.” (http://bit.ly/qHfyoe) Like many of us, Stott had a commitment to the truth of Scripture to transform life.  In one tribute,...