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The musical group U2's Bono quotes Eugene Peterson from the stage. Readers of the best-selling Bible, The Message, find themselves holding onto...
"Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God's grace in its various forms." 1 Pet. 4:10 Those of us familiar with the language of the Bible...
The small girl in the school parking lot stomped her feet. “I can do it myself!” she said, determined to carry her heavy backpack into the classroom. Only a moment later, with a...
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. For through wisdom your days will be many, and years will be added to your...
As a boy, my mother routinely reminded us to wipe our feet when we dashed into the house at full speed. She rarely even looked up as we came in. She just knew...
One Sunday morning while attending a church in the suburbs of Boston, I had a surprisingly authentic moment with a complete stranger.
How do you make your workday fruitful and serve God at the same time?
As our children got older, it only got tougher trying to manage everything.Infants: Okay, not enough sleep, but no big deal. It's off to work in the morning as normal. Toddlers: They start...
Reformissionary Steve McCoy and his family have had a hard year. He's chronicled his wife Molly's Chiari I Malformation on his blog...
In the ancient world it was thought that if you knew a person's name you had power over that person. People were understandably cautious in sharing their names. We modern people tend to...
Advertisers have it rough. They promote products, so we naturally blame them for the month we just spent dodging (and being hit...
In the Great Depression, John Smithers lost his life savings. A woman read of Smithers’ downfall and bemoaned: “The investments of a lifetime! Gone!” But another woman who knew John said...
Introducing a Change in Weekend Daily Reflections:Starting yesterday, I began to try something new in these Daily Reflections. During the week, I’ll continue to work passage by passage through a...
Introducing a Change in Weekend Daily Reflections:Beginning today, I’m going to try something new in these Daily Reflections. During the week I’ll continue to work passage by passage through a book...
