As a child, Corrie ten Boom learned the ethical principles of Scripture. As a watchmaker and young adult, she examined them to...
A central theme of Paul’s writings can be summed up in two words: “new creation.” In his second letter to the Corinthians, Paul writes, “If anyone is in Christ, he is a new...
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve stood before an edgy bride and perspiring groom to recite what nearly every woman...
In the mid 1970s, radio airwaves were full of Harry Chapin’s Cat’s in the Cradle, a haunting ballad of an out-of-sync father and son who never manage to spend time together. Years after...
The room was small, stuffy . . . crowded with stale air. Two beads of perspiration traveled in rivulets from the nape of my neck to the small of my back. To the...
To a non-New Yorker, in this case a Texan, Manhattan can be too much—too much traffic, too much noise, too much commotion, and far too many people in too little space. But when...
History, someone has said, is written by the winners, not the losers. Ever hear of Casper Schwenckfeld (shvenk-feld) von Ossig? As a...
In the year 328, the man we now call Saint Athanasius succeeded Alexander in Egypt as bishop of Alexandria—a center of early Christianity. For the previous fifteen years, (beginning with the First...
In the eight years since I received my doctorate, my career path looks like this: adjunct professor; dean of fine arts/communications; full-time professor; program administrator; unemployed. ...
In his wonderfully readable book Everybody’s Normal ‘Til You Get to Know Them, author John Ortberg uses the story of the Capernaum invalid to illustrate friendship. ...
In the 1950s, observers coined “upward mobility” to describe the lower- and middle-class rise to better conditions: more money, nicer houses, higher...
From my perch on a wide shelf halfway up the canyon wall, I looked back over the territory I had hiked. The day was clear and Montecito lay at the edge of the...
A beautiful Hollywood couple was on the Phil Donahue show. The dazzled audience thought they were the picture of true and lasting love. ...
John Gruden is the coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He likes to max out as a person, and he wants his players to max out too. That’s Gruden’s way of saying he...
You groped your way through that murk once, but no longer. You’re out in the open now. The bright light of Christ makes your way plain. So no more stumbling around. Get on...
“Our business is to get [humans] away from the eternal and from the Present . . . It is far better to make them live in the Future. Biological necessity makes all their passions point in that...
I was attending college in England when the London Times ran an animated discussion between two learned professors as to which path through the Alps Hannibal had taken. More than 2,000 years before...
Three years ago last September, my wife and I visited Israel with other members of our church in Bellingham, Washington. Those quiet, worshipful moments in Israel remain fresh in my mind—halcyon...
For when the One Great Scorer comes To mark against your name, He writes—not that you won or lost— But how you played the Game. Grantland Rice, Alumnus Football, 1924 If sports imagery races...
“The wicked man earns deceptive wages, but he who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.” Proverbs 11:16 ...
