Teamwork is an American value, and I'm always trying to find it in the Bible.
Transcript At the Washington Special Olympics, nine contestants, all physically or mentally challenged, assembled at the starting line for the 100-yard dash. As the gun sounded, eight runners sprinted from the line. But...
In the film, Coach Carter, a player named Timo quits the team and later asks to be reinstated. Coach tells Timo he must complete 2,500 push-ups and 1,000 sprint drills in five days. But by Friday,...
Recently, my grandkids saw an exhibition of the Blue Angels—the pinnacle of Naval aviation. What speed . . . what precision! Most amazing, my son-in-law said, were the jets’ dangerously tight...
Two geese prepared to fly south, and a frog asked if he could go along. At first they resisted. How could a frog accompany them? Easy! The frog suggested that the two geese...
Your church is in the hearts of the people who gather to worship there and then are scattered to live their lives. So your church is in your homes. Your church is in...
"Locusts have no king, yet they advance together in ranks." (Proverbs 30:27) ...
In the years before World War I, England and France had been bitter adversaries. But a voracious learner, an energetic Englishman named Henry Wilson, became head of the British War College. ...
A graphic pictorial image has stayed with me as a powerful lesson. It was a news magazine photograph of prisoners—the worst of the worst—in individual cells. In their isolation, these hardened...
An old poem called “The Bridge” tells about an elderly man walking on a lone highway one evening. He reaches a fierce stream and crosses it unafraid. Then, instead of going on, he...
My pastor, Charles Johnson, tells of a farmer named Herman who needed to relocate his barn. The only way to move the building 110 feet was to dismantle the barn and rebuild it...
Ralph Waldo Emerson is a well-known early American poet and philosopher. Once, when he was a child, he watched as a man sawed and cut up wood. Although the job was beyond the...
Take time to notice the people who pack your parachute. No one goes it alone—it's the high calling of our daily work.
Seeing geese heading south for the winter, notice their V-shaped formation. Scientists say that each bird's flapping creates uplift for the bird immediately behind. The entire flock gains at...
I love pro basketball, and the Spurs are my team. Their success was always related directly to David Robinson's scoring. David received the most criticism and also the most acclaim. But after...
I love jazz. When I hear it I think of Louis Armstrong: “Won’t you come along with me/down the Mississippi . . .”
"Music is my way of talking to you."—Louis Armstrong ...
The jazz band is an elegant symbol of both the American spirit—and a good workday. Every jazz band has a leader—but within bounds each musician also has the freedom to improvise. The key...
Since God made us inherently relational, relationships are not just incidental to work; they are essential.
God called Abraham into a covenant of faithful service, as is told at the beginning of Genesis...
