Just as the command and consequence approaches have to determine which commands and consequences are truly good, the character approach has to determine which virtues are good. Aristotle emphasized the classical Greek virtues...
Last night, my wife Margie read from and signed copies of her book, The Exact Place. Anita had filled Toad Hall with candles and flowers, arranged chairs so everyone could hear easily, made...
How many organizations do you know that have lasted a thousand years?
As we read Ephesians 2:8 in English, we are not surprised to find the word "gift" in the last part of the verse: "it is the gift of God." After all, Paul often...
Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight and the sin...
Writer’s note: This interview, two weeks before Fred Smith died, turned out to be the very last...
What are the most important words you have ever heard? When I think back over my life, I remember words such as...
Happy Monday everyone, (see, it’s working already); and welcome to our weekly book club discussion. We’re getting to know John D. Beckett better--hearing more of his story. This week we are...
This is week two in our book club discussion of The Spirit of Food: 34 Writers On Feasting and Fasting Toward God...
2013 could easily be known as the Year of Change for me. I got married, became a step-mom, moved to a new...
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When Jesus forbids swearing falsely, he isn’t referring to cursing, but to making deceptive promises. Human beings are experts in the fine...
As you may recall, in the past couple of months of reflections, we have been focusing on Ephesians 4:11-16, seeking to learn...
I tucked the envelope under the stack of folders in my arm. It came in the company mail with my name on...
For a lot of people, making the transition from being an international realty broker to running an auto mechanic shop might seem pretty tough—and George Zaloom wouldn't tell you otherwise.
Seminary students will shape the way Christians think about their mission in the workplace.
Sometimes our clients (or even other colleagues) have motives or objectives which do not align with our own. How do we act...
“We’re trying to get to a place where working on our business is also working on ourselves." Mark Canlis is the co-owner...
One afternoon, just after I turned 30, I decided it was time to finally read the Bible--the whole Bible--cover-to-cover, Genesis straight through Revelation, no matter how long it took. Excited and...
Motherhood is not an achievement, it is a calling—though many of us were probably answering a different call when we became pregnant. The point is that by the time a woman trades sweet...
