Simple pencil sketches became charcoal drawings. From charcoal, the media evolved to pastels. But watercolor emerged as her true love. While juggling time with her kids, full-time work, widowhood,...
A great storm mercilessly lashes a small island. The clouds pass, and a father and his son walk down to the beach where the sea’s surge has washed tens of thousands of starfish...
A tourist visited the bell tower of a great cathedral. From a distance, she had heard the bells' glorious music. Inside the tower, instead of music, she heard a cacophony of clanging metal. Instead...
“Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men.” Colossians 3:23 What does...
Taking personal initiative at work can have its rewards—but it can also be risky. I’ll always be grateful to one of my...
I was recently having lunch at a fast-food restaurant and happened to watch the busboy clearing and wiping tables. Suddenly he stopped and stared at a glass door across the room. Taking a...
To teach his class about perspective, a journalism professor stood with his nose pressed against the whiteboard. He said: "In a tragedy or a breaking crisis, we are THIS close to the story. We...
Failure comes in many forms—some easier to deal with than others. You take on a challenge at work that turns out to be too much for you to handle. Though your business plan...
At five o'clock each morning, the Benedictine monks of Weston Priory in Weston, Vermont, gather to pray and sing. Like the sun yawning over the horizon, from their rural home, these good men extend...
In the 1970 Tony Award-winning musical Applause, the Broadway cast sings: "What is it that we're living for? Applause! Applause!" The song is repeated periodically throughout the play, leaving no...
"Of course, there is great gain in godliness combined with contentment." (1 Tim. 6:6)The teenagers at my church like to play a...
Teamwork is more than working together. It's sharing each other's burdens. It's also sharing each other's joys when the time comes to...
Just a few years ago in Wichita, Kansas, a man known as "the BTK Killer" (bind, torture, kill) was sentenced to 175 years in prison. Dennis Rader listened almost passively as the judge pronounced...
My friend Earl Palmer once visited a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier. When it came time to go, he boarded a small plane. The young pilot described what their launch by catapult would feel like.
As head of the Atlanta-based PR consultancy The DeMoss Group, Mark DeMoss trades in right words and good judgment. In The Little...
Kenneth Burenga was 44 years old when he was named general manager of the Dow Jones & Company, Inc. and its flagship...
Ken was a mid-level manager with high-level ambitions. After receiving steady promotions at a media company, he had his eye on a corner office. So he was delighted when the "suits" on the 17th...
We may not care to admit it, but we are heavily influenced by those who lead us every day. Employees reporting to managers, managers reporting to directors, directors reporting to vice presidents...
Leadership is about challenge not comfort, adventure not safety. That's why strong leaders often create some anxiety. Leadership moves a community to the place where answers are not easy to find....
"The eye cannot say to the hand, ‘I have no need of you, 'nor again the head to the feet, 'I have no need of you.'" (1 Cor. 12:21, NRSV) We've worked closely...
