Read Numbers 11:10-17 . ...
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...
Live in harmony with one another; do not be haughty, but associate with the humble; do not claim to be wiser than...
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...
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...
Many occupations don't guarantee Sundays off. I happen to work in the maritime industry, and I'm here to tell you cargo ships...
Jim Collins' Good to Great metaphor has much to say to us as we discover our gifts, talents, and our day-to-day vocation. The truth is, God has created us as multifaceted creatures with interests...
Sometimes our work is threatened by external conditions. But often the dangers come from within; we can become our own worst enemies and unintentionally sabotage our own efforts with slipshod...
There's a thin line between perseverance and stubbornness. Where you eventually land depends on the outcome—if you fail you were just stubborn...
"Nothing is impossible with God," says the angel Gabriel to Mary, the young woman whom God had chosen to bear his Son (Luke 1:37). Mary needed encouragement. The angel had just told her that:she...
How can it be that those who lived with Jesus for three years—hearing every word he taught and seeing every miracle—could betray, deny, and abandon him? It must be that past reliance on...
It's a cliché in business circles that there's no "I" in "team." Whenever I hear this, I want to respond, "Yes, but without the individuals, there would be no team." I'm still left...
