Pharaoh’s attempt to squelch the flourishing of the Israelites by enslaving them and mistreating them did not work. So he devised an even harsher policy: If the Hebrew midwives helped a woman to...
I wonder how many times parents and children have played out something like the following scenario. A girl wants to go outside and play with her friends. Her mother says she has to...
A Word of ExplanationSo far in these Daily Reflections, we’ve considered Genesis, Matthew, Isaiah, and Romans. My basic pattern is to move from the Old Testament to the New Testament, back to the...
During a summer retreat at Laity Lodge in 2008, Lauren Winner sat down with one of our editors from TheHighCalling.org, Marcus Goodyear, for a conversation about spiritual practices and holistic...
I love watching football highlights. I'm not supposed to admit that, I know. It's a bit of a betrayal to women everywhere who loathe this season for the temporary widowhood it imposes.This time...
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Marcus here. Featured this video today from The Jazz Theologian. And talked about it more at GoodWordEditing.com where I am tired of...
Several years ago, I was struggling to define more clearly my sense of calling. I had been serving the Lord as a pastor for many years. I loved most of my pastoral work...
We go to church not to worship church, but to worship God.
Editor's Note: In this article, Dustin Steeve refers to the upcoming Christian Web Conference. TheHighCalling.org is proud to be cosponsors of the...
When we open a new show at the Rockbox Theater, the professional theater where I work, I thoroughly enjoy the audiences' reactions to the hours and hours of practice put in by our...
Years ago, my husband and I met a friendly couple in our church who invited us to a party. As I put my coat away in their bedroom, I noticed charts everywhere tacked...
Mark Twain humorously noted that it would be better if humans were born at the age of 80 and worked backwards. This backwards growth would afford us all the wisdom we would need...
Many people are no longer blessed with the gift of combining their professional work and their family lives. ...
You know what "the fine print" means, don't you?It's that ridiculously dense paragraph you find on coupons or contest notices, usually in a font so tiny you need a 40X magnifier to read...
Dr. Nancy Kehoe is a nun (Religious of the Sacred Heart) and distinguished clinician and licensed psychologist. She is an Instructor in...
Erica, back with chapter four of Make the Impossible Possible by Bill Strickland. What a whirlwind! Just when I thought Bill Strickland had been endowed with a Midas touch, I read about some...
Some years ago, Alan King conducted a series of interviews meant to be an oral history of comedians, especially stand-ups. In conversation with Jerry Seinfeld, King, a rather splendid comedian...
We've heard the story dozens, maybe hundreds, of times. Five thousand men (not to mention the thousands of women and children) listen at the feet of Jesus. They get hungry, as humans tend...
