I don't live the kind of life that includes friends whose obituaries are featured in The New York Times. And yet, there I was one December morning riding the DC Metro, scrolling through...
"Dad, I want to take the training wheels off my bike," my daughter said with a bit of hopeful fear.I wasn't sure what to think. Was she ready? I didn't want her to...
I have a friend who jokes that he's going to quit his executive position and take a job as a school bus driver. ...
I attended a business conference a few weeks ago, and at the end of the first day found myself enjoying a very...
Of all the human senses, perhaps the least valued is smell. Yet smells can evoke powerful scenes and emotions. Think of freshly baked bread, pipe tobacco, a familiar perfume, or freshly mowed...
When I started my first marketing job, I had zero marketing experience. That is, zero experience as a paid marketing professional. I...
Taking personal initiative at work can have its rewards—but it can also be risky. I’ll always be grateful to one of my...
In Naked Spirituality, author and former pastor Brian McLaren offers a number of suggestions for developing a practical spirituality that can help...
Hope is in short supply these days. In this morning's newspaper, I read about growing tensions in the Middle East and the...
When I was asked to speak at the Slot Art Festival, I confess to being nervous. Not only would I have to...
In the first-century Mediterranean world, people thought they knew where the gods lived when they were on earth. The gods dwelled in temples, holy places set apart for them and the rituals...
God holds truth and love together in a perfect marriage. When they are married, there is no conflict. When they are sundered...
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The most wonderful thing about “God with us” might also be the most perplexing thing. ...
I’ve been called lots of names in my life. One of my favorites is “the unlikely missionary.” I like that one because of what it says about who I am and where I’ve...
We have seen how God rescued his people from Egypt in order to make a covenant with them, so that they might...
Good leaders are courageous. History records leaders who lack courage as poor leaders, but the great ones are remembered for facing fear head on, taking risks, and changing the world. In a vacuum...
My mother’s father was a coal miner—a hard-drinking man with rough hands who laughed easily and loved children. Mining was hard work, and sometimes dangerous, but it paid a fair wage.
After the wall surrounding Jerusalem was completed, the Israelites gathered in Jerusalem in order to renew their...
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