A child once drew a picture of a tiny boat on a raging sea and wrote underneath: “Dear Lord, be good to...
The parable of the talents from Matthew tells the story of three servants who receive different, but generous, sums of money from their master. The first servant is given 5 talents (a talent was...
Our human sense of justice and God's sense of mercy aren't even on the same page. That's one thing we can learn from the most familiar story in the Bible, the parable of...
Gene Stallings is a former defensive backfield coach of the Dallas Cowboys. Once, after a game against the Washington Redskins, Stallings overheard two of his players talking: Charlie Waters and...
About the time she was starting her own family, Joy Jordan-Lake assigned her college writing class—rows of...
I like Bob Dylan. Sometimes, approximately 18% of the time, I actually understand what he is saying. In 1979, he said "You gotta serve somebody." He was right. The question is not whether we...
It began like any other monthly meeting of our condo association. Then a local real estate developer who had requested time on the agenda dropped the bombshell: He wanted to buy out all 77 condo...
I remember the day clearly. I was a counselor at a youth camp on the first day of a new session, enjoying the excitement of my campers as they unpacked and picked bunks...
Read Numbers 11:10-17 . ...
Live in harmony with one another; do not be haughty, but associate with the humble; do not claim to be wiser than...
Nehemiah is one of my favorite Old Testament characters. His story begins “in the month of Kislev in the twentieth year” of the reign of King Artaxerxes (Neh. 1:1). That’s when Nehemiah learns that...
I had taught regular and honors English in Texas Public schools for several years. My regular English students were smart kids, but...
Author Leigh McLeroy has a passion for God and a keen eye for His presence in everyday life. Her career has taken...
Competition is a fact of life, and it's everywhere you look: in athletics, business, academics . . . politics. We compete institutionally...
Jed’s revelation came while sitting in front of the TV one Friday morning, his trusty java in one hand, the remote in the other. CNN featured the trial of a man accused of...
Sitting on my private tuffet, I got a little huffy when I heard the news.The director looked me straight in the eye, smiled a breezy smile, and said, "Oh, and don't forget to...
But now more than ever the word about Jesus spread abroad; many crowds would gather to hear him and to be cured of their diseases. But he would withdraw to deserted places and...
All summer I watched the building progress from the demolished shell of an old department store to a modern, gleaming beacon for shoppers everywhere: a new Nordstrom. And a mere five minutes from...
