It is one thing to experience one of the most protracted economic slumps in American history. It is quite another to know...
“You did not make tenure,” said my supervisor. ...
Ephesians 2:8 proclaims great news: "For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith." Actually, it would be more accurate...
This morning, I thought about my college days. Before the Christmas and summer breaks, I drove eight hours from my dorm to my childhood home--alone, without a cellphone. My heart skips a beat when...
There are temples all over this place. ...
Paul observed surroundings, listened, and tailored his message to their language. What he did not do is water down the gospel message. In his marketplace ministry, Paul stuck to the simple truth of...
What are the most important words you have ever heard? When I think back over my life, I remember words such as...
We're deluged with email, running from meeting to meeting, skipping meals, and working longer and more continuous hours than ever. Is it...
Christ is risen! He is risen, indeed! ...
My father was a volunteer fireman when I was a boy, and I have vivid memories of his responding to emergencies when...
Some days the glass is empty. Some days the glass gets knocked over and spills onto your lap, on your best pair of pants, when you can’t get home to change. Life is...
A month and a half ago, the season of Lent began on Ash Wednesday. Then, we were reminded, in the words of...
A friend of mine was dissatisfied with his job and the company he worked for. He felt mistreated, underused . . . and his anger simmered. But that was years ago. Today my...
As I write this reflection, I’m sitting by my Christmas tree, with instrumental carols playing softly in the background.
This article, An Artist in the Dark, originally appeared in Comment magazine, the opinion journal of CARDUS: www.cardus.ca/comment. Our thanks for this...
As Christians, we are expected to do great works. We shouldn’t just watch ministry happen. We have been ordained, not in the church, but in the marketplace, to “expose” Christ Jesus to the...
If you are reading this, you are not dead. You have not experienced firsthand the process of dying. If you have witnessed death, you have seen it—no matter how close to it you...
Recently, I was catching up with an old friend. We had attended the same church through high school. "I'm an atheist now,"...
Good Friday has come. We have remembered the darkest hour of our faith, but we know the end of the story. Tomorrow...
Jesus’ dark hours remind us there are some roads you must walk alone. ...
