I want to reflect for one more day on the opening verse of Mark. In yesterday’s reflection, I focused on the meaning of “Good News” in the statement: “This is the Good News...
They say that management consultants are the ones who are paid to tell you what time it is, when all they do...
From bonuses and flextime, to inspirational speeches and decorative prints of soaring eagles, business owners have a broad palette of choices when...
An Introductory Note from Mark ...
Eighteen years ago, my wife and I courted over a distance of 1700 miles. Though our courtship consisted mainly of lengthy phone...
Today, we come to the end of the first half of Ephesians. Throughout many months, we have been reflecting our way through...
If we’re honest, we must confess that the waves take us down more often than we want to admit. If a just man is supposed to get up seven times, then we’re way...
Jack Benny was a beloved American entertainer. Though in real life he was an excellent violinist and a generous man, he often played comedic roles in which he was a terrible musician and...
Psalm 62 begins with David’s expression of confidence in God as he waits in silence for the one who is the source of his salvation (62:1). But then, after David remembers those who...
As we have considered Ephesians 3:20, we have seen that God "is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or...
I’m thinking about going for a walk. I need one. I spent almost two weeks of this month in a sedentary state...
I'll never forget the very first time I drove a motorized vehicle. My friend's dad had just bought a motorcycle for riding off-road. It wasn't anything particularly powerful. As I recall, it was a...
The Spring 2013 issue of Leadership Journal interviewed pastors Craig Groeschel and Kyle Idleman.
They tossed their backpacks and lunch bags on the floor mats before tumbling into the mini-van in a flurry of sneakers, skinned...
We have now come to a biblical passage that has made a huge difference in my life. In 1991, when I began...
As a child growing up in the Midwest, Sunday afternoons seemed to last forever. After a lunch of pot roast with potatoes...
Blogger and long-time High Calling member Simply Darlene interviewed two very ordinary young men who did something quite extraordinary: they dropped everything...
We forget who the real heroes are. In our celebrity-centric society, the wrong people are treated like heroes and the right ones aren't. Heroism, by my definition, means you take a risk, you...
Last year, my friend Gaines did something either very heroic or very ludicrous. He was a programmer at Echo Valley, the part of Laity Lodge Youth Camp that serves teenagers. In this role, Gaines...
In Ephesians 3:18, Paul prays that we might "grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ."...
