Last year, I retired from a college where I taught many years and moved to Kansas City. I joined a large Methodist church where there are many chances to serve. Even my book...
On September 29 a feature-length film called Facing the Giants will open in 86 markets and 400 theaters across the United States...
“. . . you are the light of the world . . .” Matthew 5:14-16 ...
Golfing legend Gary Player famously said, "The more I practice, the luckier I get." Excellence has everything to do with the blessing of God, or what others might call "luck." Excellence also has...
Let’s begin with a true story from the western highlands of Guatemala. It is January 1996 in a country that has been torn apart by 36 years of civil war. Violence has become infectious, an...
Around my home I have a fabulous collection of hand-thrown mugs and other clay pottery—bowls, pitchers, platters—in subtle earth and jewel tones and glazes. You could call this collection a passion...
The opposite of integrity is hypocrisy. Hypocrites will betray their own words and commitments for personal gain. Hypocrites will say what they must to gain a desired position, then do what it...
Leaders have convinced themselves that leadership comes from the top. Just as often it comes from the bottom. A case in point. ...
My wife Pat and I moved to England nine years ago, so I could pursue my Ph.D...
Every person has influence: fathers and moms influence their kids; managers influence their employees; church leaders influence their members. The danger is...
My daughter, Amy, a high school senior, was approaching the runway for her final pole vault attempt, and I was having a flashback. Four years earlier, when she was a freshman, Amy was...
His name was identifiably Dutch—Tilstra, maybe . . . Kevin Tilstra. Out of two thousand high school students at a high school...
At fourteen, I took on a twice-a-day paper route that was demanding and dangerous. Though it included my own quiet residential street, it also included a stretch of a busy U.S. highway spiked...
Simon Peter said to them, “I am going fishing.” They said to him, “We will go with you.” They went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing.” (John 21:3) ...
“. . . welcome him as you would welcome me.” ...
In my late 20s, my job as a camp director consumed me, something I justified by including my wife. Summers we worked...
Most research scientists follow the academic track. Not Dr. John Medina. This graphics designer and animator turned teacher, scientist, and consultant says...
A burning bush would be nice. Moses got one, and he wasn’t even a nice guy. He was on the lam at the time, running from a murder rap back in Egypt. So...
Patience is not a natural virtue for modern men and women—not on the freeway, in line, or in the workplace. Why ever wait on others or delay our own plans? ...
The second chapter of Mark contains a fascinating story about four people who brought their paralyzed friend to Jesus in hopes that...
