My wife and I adopted our daughter, Martha, in China last September. Trans-Pacific travel with a toddler, I learned, is not for...
Craig Ehlo’s most memorable NBA match was in 1989—Cleveland v. Chicago—in the fifth and deciding game of the opening round of the Eastern Conference playoffs. Ehlo played for Cleveland. Chicago had...
I recently read a fascinating book by James Gleick. It's called Faster: The Acceleration of Just About Everything (Pantheon, 1999). Gleick shows...
One of the things I loved about living in Southern California was the proximity of the local mountains.
I've read 1 Corinthians 13 more times than I can remember when performing weddings. For a while, this "Love Chapter" went out of style, as couples preferred more innovative weddings. But when they...
Each year on their country’s Independence Day, people in the villages of Indonesia take part in a tradition known as Panjat Pinang. Nut Trees, which tend to grow straight and tall, are cut...
Anne Jackson has traveled around the world telling stories of hope found in the least likely of places. In her latest book...
In the middle of his discussion of spiritual gifts, Paul seems to change the subject with a digression on love. But what appears at first to be an interruption is, in fact, the...
Rosie, the matriarch of our little country church, scooted through the crowd and down the center aisle to find me before the postlude even began. ...
As we have seen several times during our study of 1 Corinthians 12, the church in Corinth was in a mess because of the misuse of spiritual gifts. Christians who experienced certain gifts,...
The third of three articles on the importance of management."The most important thing you'll ever do is management," I told the students...
I don’t know if there is a name for this in-between time. ...
In his book The Juggling Act: Bringing Balance to Your Faith, Family, and Work, Pat Gelsinger, Senior Vice President and General Manager...
I love you as much as all the stars in the sky.
After the Apostle Paul left the church he had founded in Corinth, the believers there began to experience the power by the Holy Spirit working in and through them. Some of the Corinthian Christians...
Worship crankiness. As a pastor, I've dealt with it for years. As a worshiper, I struggle with it.What is worship crankiness? It's...
In 1 Corinthians 12:4-6, Paul explains that the Holy Spirit gives a wide variety of gifts. In the next section, he lists...
“Silver one!” she yelled, punching me in the arm from the passenger seat. ...
The second of three articles on the importance of management. Don't miss part one, Embrace the Boring Stepchild of Leadership!Remember the song...
I spent a good part of my career as a strategy consultant.
