Are you overflowing with thankfulness today? If you live in the United States, you might feel that such an abundance of gratitude is appropriate for today, since this is Thanksgiving Day, a...
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A friend confided that, lately, he goes home from work every day feeling like a failure.
During my sixteen years as pastor of Irvine Presbyterian Church, one of my favorite events was our annual Thanksgiving Eve worship service.
"Pray for the people with whom you work and ask God to allow you to be one link in the chain of...
If your doctor told you today that you had an enlarged heart, this would not be good news.
Our friend Tony is a Christian who makes pizza. No, he doesn't spell out Jesus with the pepperoni. He says, "We can try too hard to show we're Christians. As if putting Jesus...
One of my all-time favorite movies in Groundhog Day, starring Bill Murray as Phil Connors, a self-centered weatherman who ends up trapped in a time warp. He is stuck in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania,...
Few jobs today are stress-free or even low-stress: not enough resources, not enough people, normal organizational politics and conflicts, reorganizations and layoffs...
Editor's Note: According to Ecclesiastes 3, "There is a time for everything...." Not everything on that list, however, comes to us easily. Some items confound, others liberate, and none of them...
Mike Eaton of Greater Seas, a "Christian business blog for entrepreneurs and professionals with a desire to advance the kingdom of heaven...
When news of Uriah’s death reached David, he deceived himself into thinking he was beyond the reach of God’s judgment and the people’s disgust. So he took Bathsheba as his wife. He acted...
The protaganist of Disney/Pixar’s newest feature film "Brave" is an unlikely heroine. The Scottish princess confronts and overcomes what she views as a constricted future for her life, but she also...
David chose to trust in his own power and mistrust God’s power. That choice endangered his very soul. He needed to be rescued from himself. But this mess was of his own making...
When the doctors arrive, they come with their clipboards and hours of questions.
King David sent his men off to battle but did not go himself. This was the first time he did not lead...
Preface from Mark Roberts: This week's reflections have been written by my friend and fellow pastor, Dr. Leslie Hollon, Senior Pastor of Trinity Baptist Church in San Antonio, Texas. Leslie (known...
From the time I awake to the sound of the alarm on my phone, my life seems to be centered not just...
These days it’s called “blood thinner”—a prescription medicine used widely to save or prolong life. A few decades ago, the same compound went by “rat poison.” That’s right: the prescription used...
I own a pair of protective goggles and use them faithfully. I wear them when I'm cutting branches with my chainsaw or attacking weeds with my weed whacker. My goggles serve a crucial...
