One hundred days: 800,000 people dead. ...
A Simple Man, A Simple Woman ...
In journaling, maintain the perspective that its value is in the process, not the end product. We journal out of faith. We...
Dee Mitchell was all about law school. In our undergraduate years, she was the front-row student in freshman geography with all the right answers. In campus government, she was the senator who...
Words are sneaky creatures that don’t carry the proper load of meaning unless we choose them carefully. One youngster wrote in a church school: “St. Paul cavorted to Christianity. He preached...
The American Puritans were a hardy folk. When first set ashore on this continent, they found no Holiday Inns, no brightly lit BP gas marts. Fast food was as unheard of as indoor...
I ran up past the narrow wooden steps that led to her back door; my hand brushed the old railing. The door was slightly ajar, as always. I pushed a little further inside...
Here is an unforgettable integrity sentence from St. Paul: “We always give thanks to God for all of you and mention you in our prayers, constantly remembering before our God and Father your...
As a young, short, and skinny athlete, Anthony "Spud" Webb was never an early pick. He was the guy overlooked and underestimated in junior high, high school, even junior college. What would you...
Last week I picked up a copy of Time magazine, hardly worth anything because it was a year and a half old, and I noticed the cover story on anxiety. They got that...
St. Paul is a first-century Christian hero for two reasons. First, in his faithfully following Jesus Christ, he gave his generation the good news of truth and grace. Twenty centuries later, we also...
Somewhere around seventh grade, my boy scout troop was gearing up for the annual pinewood derby race: a contest where scouts whittle down a small rectangular block of pine into polished cars that...
A few days before I was scheduled for jury duty, I slipped in the shower and broke two toes. I called the courthouse to tell my sad story but couldn’t get through. An...
The other leaders were jealous. The foreigner, the boss’s handpicked favorite, continued to outclass, outperform them all. His enemies murmured and looked for ways to spread gossip about him to...
"Dad, can you help me with my English homework?" ...
“So whatever you eat or drink, whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God." 1 Cor. 10:31 ...
“Did God really say . . . ?” “Who am I?” and “Who do you say that I am?” ...
In his book, Achieving Personal Greatness, author Tim Lavender describes his childhood walk to school past a ferocious dog. Each morning, Tim steeled himself to outrun the charging beast. This...
An old man came to the house after my grandfather’s funeral. While others brought casseroles and tidbits of spoken comfort dredged from their personal faith, the old man found a chair and sat...
John the Baptist went into all the region around the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. . . . John said to the crowds that came out to...
