The glass shattered, and somewhere on the other side of a broken garage window, my cousin’s carelessly tossed rock landed with a discernible thud. My cousin and I sprinted like mad for cover...
“Fear is good; change is bad.” This is the family motto in DreamWorks’ new 3-D animated feature "The Croods." It’s a storyline...
The very title of this article sounds crazy on the surface, In a time of such scarcity of jobs and the overwhelming number of people unemployed, who would even begin to think such...
I try to avoid blood at all costs. Yours. Mine. It doesn’t matter. It’s not necessarily about the blood. It’s about what the presence of blood means.
I hung up the phone, shaken and sad. A friend and I were working through a tough spot in our relationship. It...
On Mondays in March we're discussing David Platt's new book Follow Me: A Call to Die. A Call to Live. This is...
One does not typically expect to encounter theological inspiration at a church finance meeting. But we are Mennonites, and Mennonites can’t let a public gathering of any kind pass by without...
My workplace is full of chatty, witty, well-informed people who sometimes think we know more than we do.
Remember when you could have actual conversation with friends? Now it seems as if those conversations don’t happen at all, or at...
It sure seems easy to find bad news. All we have to do is turn on the TV or pick up a newspaper to learn of someone’s bad decision, hear about the negative...
In a video recorded at the Q Gathering held April, 2012 in Washington DC, Amy Sherman shared the implications of Proverbs 11:10, "When the righteous prosper, the city rejoices." ...
Avoiding negative feedback is both wrong-headed and dangerous. Wrong-headed because, when delivered the right way, at the right time, criticism is in...
More than a few professional athletes are known for their oversize paychecks, personalities, and egos. However, there are also many pros who play sports--and manage their careers and families--with...
For most of us, Lent conjures up thoughts of abstention from meats, sweets, and drink. Chocolate tops my annual list because my resistance to this delicacy is so low. Throughout the season, I offer...
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The head of security, Fred, poked his head into my office the other day and asked if I was busy. ...
We sit in the coffee house and talk about her marriage. I suggest that she pray about the slow demise that is now becoming undeniable. I look across the small table, and she...
Analysis conducted by the Gallup Organization found that disgruntled employees disengage and cost the American economy up to $350 billion a year...
Technology helps our work blossom with its myriad resources for connection and creativity. However, it also has a dark side. What can...
