I’m a backpacker by trade. It doesn’t take much to learn how to build a fire or...
He asked a perfectly reasonable question, but I found myself inexplicably at a loss for words.Sitting in the coffee shop, minding my own business, the barista on break started up a conversation. ...
I want to linger for one more day on the passage in 1 Corinthians 10 that deals with buying meat from meat markets. But I don’t want to focus specifically on the issue...
I have a dear friend I see once a year. Every time we get together, she talks excitedly about how she and...
I have odd memories of meat markets. My earliest such recollections go back to my childhood, when my mother shopped at a...
I have a new boss at work. In theory, this is okay.
Have you ever put yourself through the rigors of the Meyers-Briggs personality measure? Taking this test can be a revelation! It is designed to give you a way to understand your own set...
There is a group of men at our church who mow the grass and consider that to be a sacred calling. We are not a secret organization, though most people at our church...
Yesterday, all of the senior executives gathered in the Board Room to have a meeting about meetings. Apparently, some people have been...
Watching my first roommate, I realized she obviously had not learned the one way to crack an egg. Whack! She hit an egg against the lip of the bowl. A perfect break. She...
My youngest daughter raced across the polished linoleum of the nursing home’s dining room to get me. We had come to serve dessert to the residents, but this sounded urgent. ...
When I was a young Christian, I learned that communion was an intensely personal, even private moment of fellowship between Jesus and...
In a time of economic and job insecurities, Dr. Douglas A. Hicks, author of Money Enough (Wiley, 2010), and professor of leadership...
On Friday my reflection focused on 1 Corinthians 9:22, part of which reads, in the New Living Translation: “I try to find...
In 1 Corinthians 9, Paul has been using himself as an example of someone who gives up his rights for the sake...
The oldest man I ever knew was Brother Spencer. He was 98 when he died, and I wasn't 16. In his life...
Sunday morning found the Atkinson family visiting a church for the first time. We chose an older Episcopal church in our city that is well known for having a high and traditional worship service....
At first glance, 1 Corinthians 9 seems to change the subject dramatically. In chapter 8, Paul was dealing with the issue of...
In yesterday's reflection, I explained Paul's unexpected use of "strong" and "weak" with respect to our consciences. People with "strong consciences" have...
I remember coming home from work and there was my son James, lying on his stomach in the living room. He was surrounded by crayons and pieces of paper. ...
