The Spiritual Discipline of Sleep

The Spiritual Discipline of Sleep

  When I was a kid, I had a sleeping superpower. On any given Saturday morning or during the long summer breaks from school, it was nothing to sleep right through breakfast and hardly even rollover until Bob Barker was announcing the Showcase Showdown.  Assuming...
I Want to Want What You Want

I Want to Want What You Want

  I want a lot of things. That shouldn’t be surprising. All of us want stuff. Our human desires are endless.  I want the new Honda Prelude (Boost Blue Pearl please).  I want to visit Greece.  I want Tyrese Haliburton to finish game 7 of the 2025 NBA Finals with...
The Business of Loving Your Neighbor 

The Business of Loving Your Neighbor 

The Business of Loving Your Neighbor  Business gets a bad rap, and it usually hacks me off.   If you’ve been around The Stone Table at all, you’re well aware of my disdain for the distorted caricature of the business world so often pushed and embraced by our culture. ...
My Daughter Just Got Married

My Daughter Just Got Married

  My Daughter Just Got Married  I’ve known it was coming for the last 9 months or so, but nothing could have prepared me for the feelings, the memories, and the emotions that pulsed through my soul on July 31, 2026.  My daughter got married.  I knew it would be...
What Does God’s Goodness Look Like? 

What Does God’s Goodness Look Like? 

  What Does God’s Goodness Look Like?  We sang a song this past Sunday in church that you likely have sung in yours as well:   All my life you have been faithful.  All my life you have been so, so good.  With every breath that I am able  I will sing of the...