Welcome to Lane Changes!

Welcome to my blog! After years of sending out massive emails, my daughter finally convinced me that I should give blogging a whirl.

This will be an occasional dialogue to speak my heart as I long ever onward towards more of Jesus’ own heart. It will also be a place where the author-within-me tests the waters for future writings. As a spiritual director, this blog will offer some ponderings for the road of life as we travel with and towards Jesus.


Why the name? Well, first, my name is Lane. And, second, I want to be someone who is always growing and changing. So these musings will be along that theme: changing lanes on the way forward.

What happens when we change lanes while driving? Hopefully, we are attentive to the world we are traveling within. As I change lanes, I look ahead, and behind, and on either side. Then I double-check that blind spot that can so easily fool me. I am aware of myself, my community of fellow travelers, and my destination.

As I go through a lane change, these four things usually happen.
I am aware.
I assess.
I assert.
I accomplish.
That’s what I hope my life is like.

I am aware. Aware of who I am. Aware of strong places and raw ones. Aware of hopes and wobbles. Aware of Jesus. Of who He is. Of where He is. Of what He delights in for me and of me. Of what He desires for my heart.

I assess. What am I like in this setting or that? What are the whispers of joy I hear as I travel life’s heartscapes? What is Jesus pressing into me? What is He pressing out of me?

I assert. I move from my heart and head into the arena of living. I move from where I’ve been to where I’m heading. I interact with others.

I accomplish. The move from here to there occurs. I am changed in the process. Then the process begins again.

Lane changes.

Won’t you join me as we move forward…seeing Christ being ever formed more and more within as Galatians 4:19 challenges!