The Hulk stops cars, Spiderman climbs buildings, Harry makes himself invisible. Me? I’d like to fly, or breathe underwater. What seems closer, though—close enough that I actually pursue it—is being...
Do you feel like you’re stealing God’s praise if you say “thank you” when complimented for doing good work?
After working as a parish priest for 15 years, Barbara Brown Taylor (www.barbarabrowntaylor.com) left her parish position to become a religion professor...
Work, meaningful work, requires us to be fully present and then good things follow.
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The phone rang. Focused on the words on my computer screen, I absentmindedly picked up the phone. ...
I cannot read Psalm 103 without thinking of Bill Cody. Bill was the Director of Laity Lodge, the retreat center associated with The High Calling, from 1965 through 1979. As you may recall, I was a...
Why did Peter, of all people, deny Jesus? Because he was afraid.
On January 12, 2010, the people of Haiti were in dire straits as a result of a major earthquake that rocked their nation. As often happens in a tragedy like this, many people responded.
JB Wood says you don't need to know your calling before choosing a career.
I usually don’t pay much attention to those dime-a-dozen reality shows sweeping the prime time cable line up. Whether it’s that creepy...
When Jesus told his disciples they’d always have the poor with them, he was reminding them of a passage from Deuteronomy—a passage...
Sometimes God calls a woman to the highest level of leadership in a crisis moment. As the Israelites settled into the Promised...
She asks her hardest questions at bedtime, when we flop open the pages of Scripture atop her flowered quilt. We flip through pages of her Adventure Bible, rustling like onion skins between our...
An award-winning speechwriter and contributing editor at The High Calling, Glynn Young is a virtual writing machine. Not only does he make...
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Philippians 4:4-7 (NIV) “Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The...
Scholars identify Psalm 58 as an imprecatory psalm. Literally, this means it includes cursing of one’s enemies. In the case of Psalm 58, the curses are directed at wicked leaders who judge their...
I had never been afraid of anything or anyone. Except, I was now.
Throughout much of the church today, Christians rightly see marriage as a gift from God. But they wrongly conclude or suggest that singleness is somehow a curse, a lesser state of human life. When...
