There is a certain art to handling conflict. One part of that art is to be sure that you are dealing with truth and not taking your anger out on someone who doesn't...
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Kelly said, "I don’t doubt that He *can* do something about anything, but to be honest, that thought no longer moves me to prayer. The question for me has become, '*Will* He do...
The phone rang. Focused on the words on my computer screen, I absentmindedly picked up the phone. ...
I’m ashamed to admit this. ...
Blundering, bungling, fumbling... ...
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 …...
Unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains just a single grain; but if it dies, it...
New York lawyer A. Anjeanette Brown has confessed that her job feels miserable. It tears at her soul. In a painfully honest blog post she confesses that while the dream of making a...
One day when my kids were much younger, I glanced in the rear-view mirror to see one of my daughters sucking in her cheeks. ...
Ann Kroeker here with a Mother's Day project. ...
Jennifer Dukes Lee has written a piece about her daughter helping her to see the world in new ways. Having three children, I would say that is one of the greatest joys children...
Jews and Muslims are well known for their various spiritual disciplines. Judaism is filled with traditions and feasts that keep the body busy. Islam is also a religion filled with daily prayers and...
The thing about having two young children is that they cannot understand the importance of a baseball game, especially one being played in September. The playoffs are in sight, the tension is high,...
Can a company in today’s cutthroat world actually run on biblical principles – and prosper? Can an organization be guided by faith...
In high school, pursuing God meant raising my hands in praise, saying the right things, and never questioning. It meant choosing to pursue, even when saying those right things didn’t lead to...
I walked into the conference room full of women by myself. I am used to walking into rooms by myself. As one half of a married couple attending church activities alone, it becomes commonplace. ...
Forty years ago, my wife and I had been married a little over a year. We were living in Houston, and I...
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...
My phone bing-bongs like a melodic harp running scales, alerting me that the time I decided to rise has now arrived, and...
