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Toto Around Town
As a canine reporter with Current in Carmel, Toto is becoming a local celebrity around town. Check out some of his adventures as well as ...


Where Was God?
It’s difficult to watch the news this week. There have been several tragedies from natural disasters recently, but this one hit me harder...


Picking Up the Poop
It was a crisp, fall morning and I was taking it all in. Remnants of aircraft lines painted the perfectly clear blue skies overhead as ...


Clueless in Carmel
While I sipped my morning coffee, a realization hit me. As millions live in chaos right now – and my brother and sister-in-law sit in ...


The Eye of Our Storms
First Harvey and now Irma. Unprecedented hurricanes are causing devastation as I write – Houston recently and the Caribbean islands now...


My Path of Totality
The excitement built as Toto and I watched the eclipse sweep across the nation via my TV screen. Soon we were moments away from peak time...


Ticked-off Toto
My dog has an attitude. It recently surfaced and caught me by surprise. He was not happy at all and showed it. What he didn’t realize ...


Going Back, Moving Forward: When the Past Returns
“There is nothing we can do to change our past. It is as hard as granite, as immovable as a mountain... Still, we do have one power within our grasp—we can trust God to redeem the past.”
This powerful quote is from one of my favorite books, The Will of God as a Way of Life by Jerry Sittser. For me, this lesson came full circle on a day I least expected it, when I inadvertently found myself standing in the kitchen of my old house—the one where I raised my children for over te


Lightning Bolt or Flashlight?
“I want to be a lightning bolt instead of a thousand flashlights,” I proclaimed confidently as I stood at the microphone at the end of the retreat. I was filled with energy and a renewed sense of purpose. No more flickers of light here—it was “Go big or go home.” That was almost 20 years ago, and it is now painstakingly clear that my desire to be a lightning bolt was quite lofty and maybe slightly emotional and skewed by my ego. And, as my light grew dim, I learned an importa




