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“We want to live off the grid,” she tells me. ...
“How often in your lifetime will the farm right next to yours come up for sale? Not more than once or twice.”
Transcript Judy wanted most in life to serve the Lord! Should she quit her full-time job for full-time ministry? She earnestly asked God to show her what to do. The next week, in...
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My wife and I took a trip to Nantucket recently to celebrate our anniversary. We walked the cobble-stoned streets, toasted champagne on the beach, indulged in a couple’s massage, and took a sailing...
Transcript At Kent’s new job, he was warned that Dave "didn’t fit in." And it was true. Dave wasn’t into sports, like the others. Or into cars, like the others. And, unlike "the...
My friend Wayne Oates was professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the University of Louisville School of Medicine. Back in the '70s, he wrote a book called Confessions of a Workaholic:...
Saving a life is no game—or is it? Orrin Hudson believes the game of chess rescued him. He was in high school and running with a dead-end crowd when a teacher challenged him...
Last week I spoke to a group of men at my church on the subject of "Spiritual Engagement at Work."
Throughout my life as a Christian, I’ve heard people speak of God as the potter and us as the clay. Almost always, the point of this analogy is God’s forming us to be...
Some years ago, Henry Nouwen died of a heart attack. He was a Catholic priest and psychologist best known for his book The Wounded Healer. Those words, "wounded healer," speak volumes. In our...
Glenda Hatchett is best known as the Emmy nominated host of Judge Hatchett, a television court show that aired from 2000-2008 and...
David composed Psalm 57 when he was surrounded by his enemies, who were like “fierce lions” (57:4). Thus he cried out to...
In an old sitcom, the running gag was a mechanic saying to his boss, "It's not my job." The expression became popular for shirking responsibility.
A hard, cold winter greeted the Pilgrims who reached Plymouth Rock in 1620. Miles Standish was Military Captain for the Colony and one of the few to escape illness. His wife, Rose, was less...
In the Garden of Eden, Adam sinned—then he hid. And God called, "Adam, where are you?" Remember the game "hide and seek"? Mark Roberts, our director at Laity Lodge, hears echoes of that...
Psalm 20 is a prayer for the king of Israel. In this prayer, the psalmist asks God to grant the desires of the king’s heart and to make all of his plans succeed...
Yesterday I focused on what it means for a church to be missional. Today I’d like to get more personal. What would it mean for you and for me to be missional Christians...
A man vacationing in Hawaii noticed that the colors of the daily rainbows always appeared in the same order. Why? He Googled his question. Soon, he was watching a video of Professor Walter...
In the 1920s, pastor Bates Burt didn't understand his son Alfred's fascination with new, unsettling jazz.. But he supported it—even letting him practice drums in the rectory attic!
