It would be wonderful if we would all walk around with signs that preemptively explain the nasty things we do.
Romans 1 ended with a long catalog of human wickedness. Chapter 2 begins with the recognition that we might hear such a list as condemning others but excusing ourselves. As a Jew, Paul had heard...
Saying “Don’t worry” to a worrier doesn’t help. Anxiety demands more concrete assistance.
Jacob set up a pillar in order to identify the place where God had spoken to him. This was, in fact, the second time Jacob did this in Bethel (see also Gen. 28:18)...
When a foster parent stands in the gap, they stand between a wounded child and the rest of the world
Sinners who haven’t plumbed their own darkness cannot comprehend the blinding luminosity of grace, says a basic Calvinist tenet. I rather like that equation, but then I live on the Great Plains, where...
Jesus is immovable and unstoppable, but there is still one thing he won’t do.
Perhaps you remember the Saturday Night Live character known as Stuart Smalley. He starred in a fictional self-help program called "Daily Affirmation...
Michelle is that rare CEO who makes everyone around her feel like the most important person in the room. She wants people's opinions. When someone speaks, no matter who, she listens. Her secretary...
