(Editor’s note:  The following is an excerpt from Chip MacGregor’s new book, 40 Ways to Get Closer to God , which was published under his given name, Jerry MacGregor.) To address God as Abba is the boldest and simplest expression of that absolute trust with which we rely on God for all...

I didn’t realize, growing up, the cost of not having a relationship with my father. It’s only in recent years that the weight of the impact on my life has become evident to me. This new realization comes to me for many reasons. Becoming a dad is the obvious one, but in addition, it’s...

I still have to slightly bend to the right for my hand to meet my little girl’s upward stretching fingers. She can walk on her own now, though it’s a bit agonizing to watch her progress, each step holding the possibility of a skinned knee. She is much more stable when we hold hands, so we do, and...

He approaches on the horizon My heart pounds with anticipation The son whom I have loved and lost Now, in my sight Never stray again, my son What has he endured? Covered in filth Oh, the debauchery! If only he knew How much I love, my son How I have suffered Endless nights Torch lit, watching, waiting,...

Have you ever wondered what makes us perform some of the most egregious errors of judgment? Much to my surprise anddelight a movie starring the likes of Leonardo DiCaprio, Ken Watanabe and Ellen Page sparked a profound spiritual realization. Inception contains a truly provocative notion about the reason...

My dad wasn’t always there. He was around and fatherly for my childhood but relatively absent for most of my teenage years. He regrets missing those irreplaceable moments of first dates and first cars, and we’ve reconciled since those vacant years but neither of us can get them back. I tell you that...

I want to tell you a story… He was a preacher back then. He still is to this day. He is my father. I can remember him standing behind the table with the words etched across the front: in remembrance of me. He would say the words needed to bless symbols of stale saltines and microscopic tumblers...