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."...
Around here, we really love stories about business owners who figure out how to bring their faith into their business beyond just...
I'm writing this reflection in the middle of the summer in the United States. In this season, thousands of people are camping out, cooking on an open grill, enjoying the fresh scent of...
Psalm 60 was written in a time when Israel had been reeling under God’s judgment. He had used Israel’s enemies to discipline the people for their faithlessness. In this context, David cried out...
The Sundown Rule was Sam Walton’s twist on that old adage “why put off until tomorrow what you can do today.” The...
Twelve years ago, I remember standing in the kitchen of our first home, the one my wife and I bought about eighteen months into our marriage. It was very early on a Saturday...
A friend leaned over the table at Starbucks yesterday morning during a pre-work chat and confided, "You really don’t want to know...
When I was in school, I was taught to avoid mixed metaphors. A mixed metaphor combines two metaphors in a way that...
Last night, my wife Margie read from and signed copies of her book, The Exact Place. Anita had filled Toad Hall with candles and flowers, arranged chairs so everyone could hear easily, made...
It seems our culture always wants to know what we’re going to do next. Yet I think the deepest and most profound...
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Almost exactly fifty years ago, I went forward at a Billy Graham crusade in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. One might truly say I responded to the invitation to become a Christian or...
Why am I a pastor? I can’t make God heal people or fix their lives. I can’t make God speak to people or answer their questions. I can’t make God palatable to postmodern...
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"If you want to be successful, you need to discover your inner power. You need to find the strength that is hidden within you. You need to believe in yourself. If you have...
One of the greatest returns on the investment of rest during vacation with my family is the seemingly insignificant lawn chair conversations...
Would you consider yourself “enagaged” at work? ...
Scholars identify Psalm 58 as an imprecatory psalm. Literally, this means it includes cursing of one’s enemies. In the case of Psalm 58, the curses are directed at wicked leaders who judge their...
