Patty was making her purchases at the register when the cashier began to complain. "Everybody uses us as a punching bag." ...
I began to write when I was 23 because I was lonely. I filled my longing with poetry and the muse. The more I wrote, the greater my purpose to write. I wanted...
“O Light Supreme, so far beyond the reach ...
I hate to admit that it feels ridiculous sometimes to study Jesus for how to live the Christian life. Most of us have heard that “Christian” means “little Christ,” and we all know...
Kara went to El Salvador on a mission trip and fell in love: with the entire village of El Sunza, not just one boy. Kara was only fifteen years old, but she needed...
A quick survey of local church signs reveals the usual: “People Who Care” “Where God’s People Gather” “A Light that Shines for God” Ever wonder if the lives of people who are these...
Fifteen years ago, Darren Lewis of Dallas had a comet by the tail: from a stellar high school football career, he graduated to a spectacular turn as a record-setting running back at one...
When I write, I like to give voice to historical characters that had no chance to speak. I’m interested in the retrieval of words unrecorded. Often I write about Native Americans such as...
After the Great Chicago Fire in 1871, an engineer named William Jenney was commissioned to build a modern 10-story skyscraper. At that time, a tall building required first-floor masonry walls—up...
In 1943, people throughout war-torn Europe frequently walked the railroad tracks picking up refuse scattered in the gravel—rings and watches, articles of clothing; books, letters, diaries;...
So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets. Matt 7:12 ...
We all admire effortless excellence: when musicians, for example, deliver seemingly limitless variations on a familiar song or visual artists show us...
Vincent Van Gogh, one of the most brilliant impressionist painters, spent much of his life in pain. He must have died believing he had accomplished nothing because he failed to become well known...
How does God get things done in the world? When it comes to forming a chosen people, you might think He would start with a well-developed and impressive culture—say the Egyptians or the...
Jesus promises, “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you” (John 14:27) and our minds conjure a stress-free, carefree existence. I can understand why: life without disruptions sounds attractive.
Yesterday I was up at Blaine, on the border between Washington and British Columbia, cleaning up my boat in its dock after...
Every athlete bears three marks. ...
I’ll admit that I’m an introvert. Not so painfully that I can’t hold up my end of a dinner conversation; I’m just someone who draws strength from solitude and quiet. ...
A 5’10” man stood onstage next to a 24-inch empty glass cube. ...
Some men came bringing to him a paralytic, carried by four of them. Since they could not get him to Jesus because of the crowd, they made an opening in the roof above...
