Sometimes, I blame my career for the tiredness that follows me to bed and hangs on when I climb out each morning...
Yesterday we talked about serving God in quietness according to the Hebrew Scripture in Ecclesiastes. Paul has similar advice for the church in Thessalonica. He says, "Make it your ambition to lead...
Last week, my son destroyed me in a game of Monopoly. I couldn't decide whether to be proud or horrified as his...
For years, Katie Sleep’s life was dominated by a grueling commute. She remembers never eating dinner before dark, She would drop her...
I’m sitting at the computer with two deadlines breathing down my neck. My office door is cracked open, and just now, I...
I recently took a staycation–you know, that unique experience of spending vacation time relaxing at home rather than an exotic locale. I...
With all these time-saving, productivity-boosting apps, programs, books, coaches and seminars, why is it still so hard to get things done? “Part...
I love to throw a line in the water and watch a fish take a fly. I then lovingly release it back...
What did you do last week? Where did you spend your time? Perhaps like the old Dolly Parton song, you were working...
Psalm 54, like many others in the Psalter, was written in a time when the psalmist, here identified as David, feared for...
In a time when women were considered inferior to men and treated as property, Christ counted them among His most valued disciples...
At Fast Company, Cali Williams Host proposed that young professionals (YPs) aren’t lazy. Well, that isn’t exactly where she began. What she did was question whether our perception of YPs is...
When I was first introduced to the incredibly important passage in the Gospel of Matthew called “The Great Commission,” it was made...
In yesterday's reflection, we discovered a surprising twist in the mystery story of God's plan to restore and unify all things: "through...
My family all gathered at my aunt’s house on a cold March afternoon. Aunts and uncles who live just around the corner, cousins I hadn’t seen in years, and my brother and his...
Ever since I was young and devoured the Hardy Boys mysteries books, I have loved a good...
“Is it biblical to make a profit?” That’s the question the Institute for Faith,Work, & Economics asks. It’s a struggle for the best and brightest among us. They are built to prosper in...
My friend John is a fine pastor. He teaches God's Word accurately and applicably. He shepherds his flock with wisdom and compassion. He seeks to live his faith each day and does so...
In the past ten years, a number of bestselling books have promoted what people call "the new atheism." The belief that God doesn't exist isn't especially new. But the newness of "the new atheism"...
Psalm 52 begins with criticism of a “great warrior,” whom the heading of the Psalm identifies as “Doeg the Edomite” (see 1 Sam. 21-22). This warrior uses his tongue to boast of his crimes and to...
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