I was years late getting my first cell phone—that elongated handset with retractable antenna. It had one number stored in memory: my...
My husband and I are polar opposites about most things in life. He’s an introvert; I’m an extrovert. He’s from Canada; I’m from Georgia. He’s analytical; I’m anything but. So when it comes...
In yesterday's reflection, I continued to look closely at Ephesians 2:6, which says that we have already been "raised up with Christ"...
We talked with Mike about how his work with Fortune 100 companies prepared him for work in a nonprofit organization.
In the last couple of days, we have been wondering about the teaching in Ephesians 2:6 that God "raised us up with...
When my son, Nathan, was four years old, he and I took a walk around a delightful mountain lake. As we walked, I told Nathan that I used to take walks like this...
In business and in life, we all want to deal with honest people. We look for people who keep their word. We want to be around people we can trust. We look for...
Just before World War II, America was precariously low on cargo ships. Henry Kaiser, an industrialist, had never built ships, but that didn't deter him. He called for an “impossibility conference”...
In many churches today, there is a time in the worship service for the Passing of the Peace. The person leading worship says something like, "The peace of the Lord be with you."...
Where are the modern-day writers who grapple with faith and culture? Are they diminished because of secularism? Image Journal’s Gregory Wolfe, writing...
When I was in junior high school, the English rock band Led Zeppelin released their second album, which featured the song "Whole Lotta Love." Soon, this song was heard on transistor radios and at...
The best leaders aren’t always the smartest or most innovative ones, says Jim Gentry, business manager at McKinney Memorial Bible Church in...
She tells me she doesn’t know how to go back—not after all that we’ve witnessed. And I tell her that going back might be impossible anyway. We can’t un-see what we’ve seen. ...
Have you ever needed mercy? I expect you have. Maybe you needed mercy when you were pulled over for speeding but hoped to avoid a traffic ticket. Perhaps you made a terrible mistake...
Fridays are pretty great. We look forward to them. They mark the end of either drudgery or vocation during the week. I don't know about you but I find the mere existence of...
What if Jesus wasn't born 2,000 years ago? What is he had lived in our modern times instead? What would that be like?
Throughout the past two weeks, we've been hearing the bad news of our condition outside of Christ. We were in bondage to sin, Satan, and the God-opposing power of the world. As we...
Recently, a friend visited our home and was drawn to the living room with its shelves of books.
In general, the church has done a fine job equipping Christians for the "private" areas of their lives: prayer, morality, family life...
In yesterday's reflection, we saw that our flesh can work against us, leading us deeper into the living death associated with sin and Satan. In particular, our fallen flesh stirs up various desires...
