"Here they are—our functional family version of a popular sixties' folk-rock vocal group," announced our coworker, Linda. ...
Last year, Time photographer Anthony Suau caught a picture of a well-dressed man in a business suit standing in the middle of Wall Street. He was in front of the New York Stock...
American culture is a culture of narcissism. Recently, I was in a bookstore and noticed that Christopher Lasch’s book The Culture of...
Sam here with Chapter 7* of Lewis Hyde’s The Gift: Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World. On Monday I took my daughter to Hershey Park for an afternoon of roller coasters...
Marcus here. Two weeks ago, Timothy Dalrymple of Patheos interviewed me about faith and work. It was strange being treated like an...
A Note from MarkDear Friends,From August 8-23, I’ll be on vacation with my family in Montana. Not only will my Internet access be spotty, but also I need to let this vacation be...
The Bible begins, appropriately enough, by telling us something about God.
After the ceremony that sealed the covenant between the Lord and Israel (Ex. 24:1-8), Moses and many other leaders of the people ascended Mt. Sinai. There, “they saw the God of Israel. Under his...
In Exodus 20-23, the Lord revealed the basic laws that would guide his covenant people, including the foundational Ten Commandments. In chapter 24, the relationship with God and the Israelites is...
I've lost count of the recent conversations I've had with friends who've found themselves adrift these days.
One of the hardest things for Christians to understand as we read the Old Testament is why the Lord was so adamant...
Marcus here. I read an interesting statistic a few months ago that has changed the way I think about my work online...
Most every relationship, no matter how wonderful, also entails the not-so-wonderful. Parenthood’s great joy also brings frustration with our infants and adolescents...
Exodus 22:31 contains instructions about what the Israelites should do if they happened upon an animal that had been killed by some wild animal. Rather than trying to salvage some of the dead...
Sam here with Chapter 6 of Lewis Hyde’s The Gift: Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World. Pull up a chair and join the conversation, or find links to previous discussions below...
Psalm 59 begins as David’s cry to be rescued from his enemies. He asks the Lord to punish them because of their evil ways. By the end of the psalm, however, David shifts...
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Marcus here. Some days I love the internet. Some days I don't. ...
Exodus 21:12 begins a series of laws having to do with capital punishment. In general, these laws are meant to protect the...
The Ten Commandments set the stage for the specific, detailed laws of the Hebrew Torah. The first of these laws addresses a...
