Packing up the dreams God planted ...
The word “helper” often brings with it the connotation of a rather lowly place in our world. Whether it is a chef’s helper in a restaurant or mommy’s helper in the kitchen, being...
Several of the executives were hanging around in my office the other day, debating what to do about a particular employee. Not...
We all receive many invitations in our lives, but one invitation that arrived in our mailbox stands out from all the rest. My wife and I were invited to The White House for...
Welcome, Tom Nelson! ...
We often measure threshold moments in terms of before and after: the births, weddings, and deaths in our awareness all inhabit similarly...
The stories of the men who are incarcerated at the Crowley, CO, Correctional Facility are many. Locked behind bars for crimes against...
Psalm 68 celebrates God’s care for Israel. It does so with a wide variety of images, many of which highlight God’s power and justice in stirring and even disturbing ways (68:2, 21-23). Yet Psalm 68...
"Our job is to help people make sense of the situation and put their lives back together." Claims adjuster Dan Reed describes his efforts to bring order out of chaos.
As we have seen in recent reflections, one way we live out our calling as God's people is by being zealous to...
“We can’t support that,” the campus ministry leader informed us. “Not unless you include a tract or share the gospel in some way.”
As we saw in yesterday's reflection, if we are to live out our divine calling, then we will "make every effort to...
I’m pretty sure my heels left ruts in the red clay when my husband’s transfer pulled us from the Georgia pines to...
God has called us to be his people, his beloved children. He has also called us to participate in his creative, redemptive...
To be honest, we begin our relationship with God because of what's in it for us personally. We recognize that we need...
In Psalm 66, an anonymous poet celebrates God’s awesome deeds. His example of testifying to what God has done serves as an example for the whole earth, so that everyone might join in the...
Since I was a kid, my parents taught me the value of work. “If you want designer jeans, that’s fine,” Mom told...
For the last several days, we have focused on the exhortation in Ephesians 4:1. We have seen that individually and together, we...
Have you heard the story of the three bricklayers? Preachers often use it to illustrate the different ways we view work.
Making stuff exists at the heart of human activity. I compose an email out of 26 letters and a few symbols. You construct shelves in your first house. The chemist mixes ingredients for non-toxic...
