Ordinary Hope
I love the Christmas season. For several weeks, everything takes on a special quality. Special foods and drinks appear. Special music fills the air. Parties…
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December 15, 2021
From the CEO: Antifragile Vision
Dear IoH Family,We have come through a year and a half of tremendous change, which has been as invigorating as it has been challenging. We…
October 28, 2021
What Has Happened to Us
Good morning everyone! I’m going to begin our time by reading just 5 words from a Bible verse. In Philippians 1:12, Paul is writing about…
October 16, 2020
Why the Worse Things Get, This Family Just Gets Better
As we get ready to meet and serve so many families, what a joy it is to see and spend time with so many wonderful…
May 22, 2020
Everlasting Father
Originally posted in December 2015A year ago I reflected on the wonder of “Unto us a child is born,” which took on fresh richness as…
December 16, 2019
Present TENSE
Isaiah chapter 42, verses 8 through 11:I am the LORD; that is my name;my glory I give to no other,nor my praise to carved idols. Behold,…
August 16, 2019
Creative Absence
Being at Legacy Retreats is a blessing. This is the visible and tangible culmination of many months of less visible work: fundraising, event planning, family…
May 20, 2019
Good Shepherds
John 10:10-15 – The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. I…
October 25, 2018
Funeral Reunion
In May 2017, when we had a big Legacy Retreat in Orlando, I got to know one of the families, the House family, pretty closely. …
September 17, 2018
How Great Thou Art
A year ago today, in some muggy Tennessee heat, our family was gathering in Knoxville to get ready for the wedding of my brother and…
July 20, 2018
