So . . . every person whom the Lord has given skill and ability to know how to carry out all the work of constructing the sanctuary are to do the work just...
The night began with a black-tie event at the convention center, with the emcee calling my wife and me onstage to a standing ovation. Heady stuff to see a crowd laud one's work—in...
A few years ago during the Olympics, a TV report updated the lives of gold medal winners from years past. Story after story, after the shining moments of national anthems and glory, the...
When I entered the room, my father glanced up and then maneuvered his wheelchair to face the window. I sighed and settled into a chair. Seventy miles I drove to be with him...
The musical group U2’s Bono quotes Eugene Peterson from the stage. Readers of the best selling Bible, The Message, find themselves holding...
Smell of hay, a newborn's cry, makeshift crib, anxious first-time parents away from family and friends—uncertain and confusing times, politically and personally. These were the ordinary...
John, the backdoor glass is broken. I'll explain when we get home. ...
I am driving through the rolling hills of New Jersey on a day in early fall, trying to convince a character named Megan to move to Hackettstown, New Jersey, where there is a...
And now, brothers, we want you to know about the grace that God has given the Macedonian churches. Out of the most severe trial, their overflowing joy and their extreme poverty welled up...
On Easter Sunday in 1970, John Michael Tebelak went to church. He left depressed and later said he felt the dry liturgy did more to keep the stone rolled in front of the...
Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you. Exodus 20:12 My mother-in-law, Genevieve, grew weaker by the...
Sitting in traffic one hot afternoon, I studied the SUV in front of me sporting prestigious decals from private schools, exclusive camps, and elegant country clubs. I started thinking about our...
The gathering was sudden and unexpected; most folks there hadn’t seen each other in years. Old slights were long forgotten, failures forgiven. Excesses of earlier days seemed inconsequential. All...
That St. Paul had many good friends is evident in the lists of people he greets in his New Testament letters. However...
The cry inspired Kentucky’s state motto. In the 1970s, it was the title of a popular song. Following the September 11th attacks, the three words became a rallying point: United we stand. ...
“Take a step. You can do it,” the instructor called out from far below. I was riveted to the pole top at the beginning of the ropes course. This was a bonding weekend...
The single greatest spiritual liability of the modern era may be our so thoroughly removing death from view. While the greater portion of human history admits death’s undeniable presence and...
I've learned by now to be content whatever my circumstances. I'm as happy with little as with much, with much as with little. I've found the recipe for being happy whether I'm full...
I am the new girl again: new to town, a fish out of water, standing at the doorway of a room of people who all evidently know each other. They are greeting friends...
Life is difficult: So begins The Road Less Traveled, M. Scott Peck’s landmark bestseller, but I have mixed emotions about Peck’s opening assertion. Who can argue that life is difficult,...
