Brett McCracken’s book—Gray Matters: Navigating the Space between Legalism and Liberty—is written to an evangelical audience. Granted, some may have left the...
Coarse patches of sun-bleached grass poked up at my shoulder blades as I lay on earth’s surface, scouring the heavens. The playground...
This time of year there’s a lot to be excited about. Especially if you’re a working mom like me, it’s easy to...
It’s December 25, 2009. My son is just over a month old in his blue booties, the ones I bought this summer...
Merry Christmas! ...
I approach life at a fast pace. The Rule of St. Benedict would tell me to slow down, to keep watch, to...
I attended a Christian college that requires students to abstain from social dancing, alcohol, and— believe it or not—R-rated movies. I had...
What compelled a rising star of the finance industry to leave his job and start a toy company in Honduras? "First, I've always wanted to be an entrepreneur. Even at a young age...
When my daughter was six years old, I got an idea for the perfect Christmas for her: a book written just for...
Every time I read the story of Jesus’ encounter with two of his followers on the road from Jerusalem to Emmaus, I...
Maybe Dale Carnegie had it mixed up when he published his classic work How to Win Friends and Influence People. Maybe he...
At our house, we love our Christmas movies and Christmas specials. During Advent, we watch Elf and the original animated Grinch and...
We went back to Michigan to celebrate Thanksgiving with my family, and then it seemed like I blinked and we were decorating...
He came. He gave up the heavens who were not even large enough to contain Him and lets Himself be held in...
Christmastime, despite the cheer and goodwill to all, is often full of uncertainty when it comes to gifts. Especially challenging is that...
In the classic Christmas hymn, Away in a Manger, the second stanza reads, “The cattle are lowing / The poor Baby wakes / But little Lord Jesus / No crying He makes.”
I was speaking with a group of entrepreneurs recently about their experiences during the early stages of launching their companies. They began...
The increasingly dominant Christian view of pop music, it seems, is that there is goodness, truth, and transcendence to be found even...
Several years ago a popular song celebrated the fact that "God is watching us from a distance." From his far away perch, God sees the beauty and harmony of this world, rather than...
The other night, as I tucked my youngest son in, I couldn’t help noticing how completely he filled up my arms. I...
