Moses led his people out of slavery but could not enter the Promised Land. Likewise, our leadership may call us to endure...
Mother Teresa was known worldwide for her care of the poor and outcast on the streets of Calcutta. Yet she said, “I do nothing of my own. God does it. I am a...
A knot in the stomach. Feeling trapped, dreading human contact, struggling to be “normal” when our inner dialogue is anything but. Amid fatigue, anxiety, insomnia—we want only to sleep. We wonder, ...
If you think adolescence is a crazy time, try midlife. Last month, not one but two top journalists publicly dive-bombed their careers; and, not coincidentally, both were at that awkward age when...
In a world of competing and often contradictory perspectives, how do we make good decisions? Christians believe that obedience to God's will...
Twenty years ago, I resigned from a large Texas electronics firm to found my own small company. Before I made the leap, I spent years studying all the tips I could find for...
The note was simple. Terse. Not particularly gracious. ...
Time is a dressmaker specialising in alterations. –Faith Baldwin “What do you want to be when you grow up?” According to Paula...
Wayne’s upstairs home office has a splendid vista looking out over trees to the hills beyond. And when he goes downstairs, the...
The biblical writers are very realistic in their appraisal of what work can be like as a result of the Fall. Take...
“Servants, do what you’re told by your earthly masters. And don’t just do the minimum that will get you by. Do your...
Modern Christians profess that Jesus is Lord of all our lives. Yet it's not always easy to relate Christianity to our day-to-day...
Everyday life is a complex affair.
As one of the two sacraments ordained by Jesus, baptism has a direct relationship to the theology and spirituality of daily life.
Church discipline is the traditional term for how the church corrects sinful behavior in the congregation or removes a sinful person from the assembly.
According to some leading observers of the Christian scene, the two fastest growing forms of church life today are the very large church, including the megachurch, and the church in the home
John Alexander says, “If you are a leader who believes in structure, brace yourself to receive criticism as a carnal stifler of freedom, creativity and the Holy Spirit” (p. 11).
To be a disciple of Jesus is an exciting venture. It is to enter into a lifestyle that brings wholeness and fulfillment.
A habit is primarily an action, an acquired pattern of behavior, that is done often and therefore easily.
