Now during those days, when the disciples were increasing in number, the Hellenists complained against the Hebrews because their widows were being...
It's easy to feel upbeat about life when things are going your way. Opportunities at work + social standing + love at home = a positive attitude. Then you get extra credit because an optimistic...
Jim Lange has an interesting post up about dealing with bad jobs. Everyone has a bad job at some point. And there are no hard and fast rules about how a Christian person...
Ministers have to deal with weddings. It's part of the job. Performing weddings for people in our churches is actually fun. But it's not so fun when people call on the phone, looking...
Nine-year-old Casey Stokes, like his namesake, loves baseball. Already it's taught him the rewards of hard work. Casey’s team was headed for the Little League World Series when his aunt asked him a...
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Some years ago I began a blog so that I could "be myself." There was a certain pressure that came from being a minister, and it was weighing heavily on me. It was...
Christine Sine over at Godspace has offered us an invitation to join her in an exercise in being intentional with Lent this year. ...
So here's the thing: I've always hated hearing about the magical, mysterious, Power of Positive Thinking. Ever since Norman Vincent Peale wrote "The Power of Positive Thinking," religion in America...
The Celts described a porous membrane where the lines between this world and the next blur. They called it "thin space," where...
Are you sitting down? Good. ...
Turning to me, the CEO revealed his fear of sharing his values and beliefs with his employees. "Are you familiar with the Found Out Theory?" he asked. "It's the fear that one's true self...
During his earthly life, Jesus had no intention of destroying the Roman Empire.
Three men were striding down the sidewalk, pinstripe shirts, stiff collars, red ties, solid leather shoes. I crossed the street, pushing a stroller, and grasping my three-year-old firmly by the...
I've noticed that all humans, regardless of race or creed, seem to get teary when they hear stories of sacrifice. When one person sacrifices something precious for another person, we get all teary...
When heat abounds, I sweat generously. My body can't give away the heat fast enough. When I'm cold, however, my core gets greedy. It says, "Sorry fingers and toes. I'm looking out for...
It's a classic scene: The 7 Dwarfs going off to work in the morning, singing a happy song. "Hi ho, hi ho, It's off to work we go!" ...
Andy Crouch’s book Culture Making was one of the best things we read in 2008. Not that we were surprised. We’ve followed...
