Last week I attended a meeting where a very famous sports broadcaster gave a motivational speech. Generally, I am not very motivated...
Dallas Willard died today, May 8, 2013, at age 77. His ideas and books about spiritual formation have made a lasting impression...
Every recent survey of American religious belief and practice testifies to the fact that Americans are becoming less "religious." We are less...
If you've ever experienced being left out, you know how unpleasant this can be. Perhaps, when you were growing up, you didn't fit with the "cool kids" at school. Or, perhaps you feel...
“Being made one with Christ, we are made one with all who belong to Christ, united with the church in every time...
In our study of the first part of Ephesians 2, we saw that God's salvation by grace through faith includes far more than a ticket to Heaven after death. In fact, God saves...
An employee in a Brooklyn Hardware Store has been there since 1951 and has a unique ability with numbers. There’s no need for a computer to keep inventory because it’s all his brain...
When we began our devotional study of Ephesians 2:1-10, I mentioned that I felt a sense of excitement similar to what I'd...
“Houston, we’ve had a problem.” Over 200,000 miles from Earth, one of Odyssey’s oxygen tanks had exploded, making Apollo 13’s lunar landing...
It’s been about six or seven months now since we said to each other, “Hey, let’s keep in touch!” I’m probably equally as much to blame, but I often wonder what happened to...
When my husband and I moved to be near my family in Amarillo, Texas after leaving a theater company we'd both worked at for over a decade, I found a full-time job while...
Several of my daughters’ friends work part-time at a fast food restaurant. Others fold shirts at retail stores. We know a girl who dishes up ice cream, and a boy who repairs television sets.
In yesterday's reflection, we considered the first phrase of Ephesians 2:10: "For we are God's handiwork." Today, we will reflect upon some...
The first phrase of Ephesians 2:10 reads, "For we are God's handiwork" (NIV). Other translations say that we are God's "accomplishment" (CEB), "workmanship" (ESV, KJV), or "masterpiece" (NLT). The...
Today, we come to the final verse in the passage we have been studying so carefully. Verse 10 reads: "For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which...
Laura Wellington was half a mile away from finishing when the bombs went off. The Boston Marathon came to a screeching, horrifying halt.
In 2002, three college students attempted to sell their textbooks back to the university bookstore. They were offered a pittance, and the...
Why might you want to know how fleeting your life is? After all, it sounds rather dreary to consider the fact that...
In Psalm 38, David makes a strong connection between his devastating physical illness and his sin. Apparently, he had sinned in some particularly egregious way. As a result, he became terribly sick...
From very early in my professional career, both in and out of professional ministry, I have struggled to connect my faith and...
