The transfiguration is one of those events during Christ’s time on earth that registered as barely more than a curiosity for me for several years. Recently, I have developed a great appreciation...
In yesterday's reflection, we focused on the oneness of God, the one God who is Spirit, Lord, and Father. Today we'll consider...
Take care of your people, and your satisfied customers will take care of everything else.
Christians sometimes have a hard time talking about wealth—especially personal wealth. There are hundreds of scripture verses about money, and the Bible is clear about our responsibility to tithe...
Recently, I accepted an invitation to do a newspaper interview that I didn't much want to do.
In your work experience, which common behaviors are plainly incompatible with faithful Christian living?
As we have seen in the past several reflections on Ephesians 2, Paul is exceedingly clear that salvation comes to us from...
Guest Dr. Saundra Dalton Smith tells us about seven different types of rest and how God helped her recover from burnout.
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On a recent walk in an unfamiliar part of town, my husband and I passed an interesting place of business. Jesus Is Your Answer boasted the sign.
As Isaiah 38 begins, King Hezekiah was deathly ill. In fact, Isaiah came to him with a word from the Lord that Hezekiah would soon die. In response to this bad news, Hezekiah...
Blaise Pascal wrote something in his book Pensees that has always troubled me: “Men (humans) never delight in doing evil as much as if they can do it for religious reasons.” How chilling. Pascal...
The gathering was sudden and unexpected; most folks there hadn’t seen each other in years. Old slights were long forgotten, failures forgiven. Excesses of earlier days seemed inconsequential. All...
With Christmas just around the bend, gifts are on my mind. Sunday, my family will light the third Advent candle in church, reminding us of the gift chosen for Mary to bear. Last...
Text: Various Proverbs. 10:3, 6:16–19, 112:20, 15:22, 20:18, 16:9, 19:21, 16:1–3, 21:5, 3:25–26, 27:1, 10:4, 12:24 The...
A few months ago, a young woman, new to faith, reached out to me with a pressing need.
A 12-day Advent journey to prepare for the arrival of Christ. This devotional was originally prepared by InterVarsity's Believers in Business, with...
Growing up on top of a mountain guaranteed woods to explore, but to find water I had to go down. After a...
She is old now, and increasingly frail. Her hair is a beautiful shade of white and though her blue eyes are clouded...
“Life is difficult.” With those three words, Scott Peck launched what soon became a publishing phenomenon—The Road Less Traveled, which remained on...
