One afternoon while I was sorting the mail, I opened a letter from an organization I deeply respect and have supported for...
The first thing I ever bought with my “own money” was a toy light saber. It wasn’t one of those expensive beauties...
When I was 26 years old I kissed my career good-bye. Well, sort of. I guess you could say I stopped receiving...
When parents brought their children to Jesus so that he might touch and bless them, the disciples told the parents to take their children away. Jesus got angry.
At 4:30 a.m. on a snowy December morning, all I had on my thirteen-year-old mind was getting each nearly-frozen newspaper off my...
I never thought I would see a day where I would work for free. Most of my life I chose jobs with...
“If you do what you love and love what you do, you’ll never go to work another day in your life.” ...
Upon their return from the mountain where Jesus had been transfigured, he and his companions came upon a large crowd. At the...
“You should charge for that!” ...
"There's a study on zookeepers I think you'd like," Gabriel Grant, our researcher, said. ...
The story of the Transfiguration shrouded in mystery, reveals something of the divine nature of Jesus. He was certainly much more than a human messiah, that’s for sure.
I’d seen movies where kids swung from classroom lights and threw desks around because the instructor had lost control. Until the semester of my student teaching, though, I had never experienced it...
There comes a point when you just speak up. I was a year or so into my job at InterVarsity Press, an evangelical book publisher, where I was concentrated on proofreading and administrative support...
I don't look down on Peter as a fool. Neither did Jesus, for that matter, since he upheld Peter as a leader...
When I was in high school, I became enthralled by a statement attributed to the Greek philosopher Socrates. In the Apology, written...
I work in one of the upper floors of a very large building. I was told the year it was built, it was the largest building project in the state of Vermont. It...
I don’t remember where I found the deal, but life had gotten a bit stressful, and it seemed like a good idea...
It’s the closest I’ve ever come to dying. ...
Before we move on from Ephesians 5:8-14, I want to reiterate a crucial point I made earlier in this series of reflections...
I follow a simple rule of thumb in my life: Don't fall asleep while driving. This is common sense, of course. But something about sitting in a car, even while I am driving...
