Cycling has been fun, challenging, and great exercise for me. Here are four connections I’ve seen between cycling and sanctification.

When everything came to a halt this past spring, I sat in my chair in the front yard. I saw life unfold before me and began to wonder: how much do I miss of what God is doing when my day is filled with to-do lists and errands?

No tree thrives in an urban environment. No tree is at home in the middle of an utterly human landscape. At best a tree can hope to survive. A select few defy the odds and reveal to us bittersweet glimpses of their true nobility. They are the exception, not the norm. A city is no place for a tree. And here's why your city-soul ultimately longs for God.