I was on a community prayer walk recently, and I noticed something funny. Not "ha ha" funny, but the kind of funny that really makes you think. What I noticed was a bunch...
The bite of fall is in the air.
Lucy Mae would never survive in the wild.
L.L. here with Random Acts of Poetry. Stuck on the parkway. That's where I was when I had two reactions. One, annoyance. Because after dropping the kids off, this was supposed to be...
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...
Every night, after the tucking in, my youngest clings to my neck and asks that I stay with him for a little while. This mom would like nothing better than to snuggle in...
In his book God, Dreams, and Revelation, Morton Kelsey wonders what ever became of dreaming in the Christian tradition. The scriptures are filled with dreamers, from Joseph with the coat of many...
Volkswagen is encouraging us to incentivize goodness. Give people a reason to do the right thing. A coworker just sent me a...
It was a busy morning, and I was packing the boys’ lunches--getting everything ready for school. ...
I have a family: a wife and three sons (currently all in their teens or tweens). I am actively involved in several ministries through church and work. I have a full-time job as...
I have been thinking a lot lately about excellence. Not just at work, but in every area of my life—as a Christian, husband, father, friend, church volunteer, and board member. I have to...
In my previous two articles, God's Prescription for Workaholics and Give God Your To-Do List, I discussed the damage that has been done by the frenetic busyness of our lives and suggested as an...
This verse from Psalm 73 is one of the most beloved of all the psalms. It expresses the psalmist's recognition of God’s unique value, as well as a passionate desire for God. Asaph...
L.L. here, with Random Acts of Poetry. Sorry about the sexist title. Real women read poetry too. We do it partly to keep our souls intact, to balance our work and keep it...
"We make choices about what kind of business we are going to create, what the business is...
“I don’t deserve to be treated like this,” the patient yelled at me.Neither did I.“If the doctor is running late, I should...
The book of Psalms has a whole slew of references to God enabling David (or the psalmist) to accomplish marvelous things like crushing armies, scaling walls, slaying dragons . . . Okay, well, maybe...
Let's start "an arms race of goodness." That's a proposal coming from FastCompany.com in their recent article Why Market Your Company with...
Hey, friends! It's Bradley. ...
We have seen how God rescued his people from Egypt in order to make a covenant with them, so that they might...
