Twelve years ago, ornamental horticulturist Bruce Neary got the news no valued employee wants. He was being laid off. His employer, a...
After Moses’ initial conversation with Pharaoh, the cruel tyrant punished the Israelites by increasing the difficulty of their work. When Moses complained to the Lord, God reassured him, promising...
"What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are, the Holy One of God." But Jesus rebuked him, saying, "Be silent...
I grew up in the '70s and '80s when parents still told their kids to go outside and play. My friends and I would spend all day in the yard. When we got...
In Exodus 5, Moses and Aaron approached Pharaoh, asking that he give the Israelites a short reprieve from their work so that they might hold a festival to honor the Lord. Predictably, Pharaoh...
"I'm Brennan. I'm an alcoholic.I'm a Catholic.I was a priest, but am no longer a priest. I was a married man but...
When our country faces a national crisis or a market crash, we can let our fears and anxieties overwhelm our courage.
In February 2003, Evelyn Husband lost the love of her life. Her husband, Rick, was on the Space Shuttle Columbia. Minutes before landing, it disintegrated, and everyone on board died. In the...
Undeniably, there are times when obeying God is hard, times when we’d much rather follow our own will than his. Even Jesus knew that experience as he wrestled with his Father’s will in...
In Psalm 39, David ponders the meaning of life in light of his suffering. He considers how short life can be (v. 5) and how readily we fill it with emptiness. “We are...
L.L. here with Random Acts of Poetry— remembering a secretary I met, who told me about her new kitten, while I was...
The other day, I was reading a best-selling author's advice on how to keep a co-worker's incompetence from damaging your reputation: "Take him down publicly," the self-proclaimed expert advised, "a...
When Moses returned to Egypt with his brother Aaron as his communications director, he called together the elders of Israel. Aaron reported on all that the Lord had said to Moses, and Moses backed...
We live in the age of awareness. The world feels smaller, its problems are clearer, and its solutions—so they seem—are more manageable...
I will spend one more day reflecting on God’s hardening of Pharaoh’s heart. Yesterday, I acknowledged the mystery associated with God’s sovereignty...
When Moses finally accepted God’s call to return to Egypt in order to free the Israelites, God warned him in advance that...
Is it okay to use business hours to email coworkers about personal things? I have a friend who's decided it is not okay. I don't know the details about the decision; maybe things...
Everyone might like the idea of taking a permanent vacation, but in reality work has been part of God's plan for mankind from the beginning.The Lord God took the man and put him...
Back when we were first married, we lived in Hollywood and my wife worked for a major entertainment company. That sounds more glamorous than it was, I'm afraid. Beth will be the first...
So teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom. (Psalm 90:12, NKJV)Numbering my days is an abiding...
