As a pastor, I certainly know what it means to play the numbers game. Generally the first question I get asked (especially by other ministers) is, "How many members do you have?" The second...
Between now and November 4, it's inevitable that you'll discuss politics with colleagues and friends. Whether you want to or not, and...
It was Harry Sparks who first told me the love between a father and mother was like a misshaped tree, and therefore different and better than all other love. Boyfriend and girlfriend, husband and...
What do you want? I’ve grown up in a culture that taught me all I needed to do was figure out what...
Last week Rowan went for his pre-kindergarten check-up at the pediatrician. After he undressed and snapped himself into the soft, tiger-paw-print gown and been weighed and measured, the nurse...
Simplicity is not a new concept. Henry David Thoreau dreamed of keeping his accounts on his thumbnail. For centuries people have known that simple solutions are often the best solutions. What about...
One morning I spied my son sitting on one of the kitchen chairs, his toes easily touching the floor. I stopped and stared. Something about his posture and those long, lean legs …...
The smallest things can make a big difference, says Gretchen Rubin, author of The Happiness Project and other books. On a recent...
My daughter’s letter to Santa. A little fuzzy, I know, but appropriate since I’m feeling a little fuzzy at the moment myself. The fairy charms and jewels and the Guess Who? game are...
For most of my corporate career, I pursued attention. I thrived on the spotlight, the worshipful attention from other people. I prided...
He is the One great Love of my life. The One Who has absolutely never failed me. He pursues me endlessly and...
"Work willingly at whatever you do, as though you were working for the Lord rather than for people. Remember that the Lord...
I remember introducing someone to the wide-open world of Google. It was a few years ago, about the time “Google” the proper...
Over the years, I probably have read most of the self-help books that have taken the business world by storm. Speechwriters were...
Our culture is in love with short cuts. No matter what you are doing, there is someone out there telling you a...
There's not many things more frightening than losing your job. A few years ago my wife was laid off from a job that she had held for 12 years. There was no problem...
The ebb and flow of days filter into my consciousness as the memories of the cycle of living are rehearsed. ...
The last command we have in the books of the Law regarding the tithe gives us this liturgy: ...
Frankie kept talking but still refused to look at me, making his words seem more a soliloquy—a prayer, even—than a conversation. ...
I’ve never been a math guy. Numbers scare me in the same way zombies do; both seem so foreign and lack even...
