At 2:45 a.m. on September 4, 2012, my wife and I arranged for my seventeen-year-old son to be transported to a therapeutic wilderness program in the desert of southern Utah. It seemed to us as...
Following in the footsteps of my two older brothers, I started skiing downhill when I was about eight years old. By the time I was a teenager, it had become my passion in life.
At his excellent website, Next Reformation, Len Hjalmarson reveals the story of a man who is making a difference in Windsor, Ontario...
Scotland, Oregon, and the gift shop at CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia, are only a few of the many places philosopher Steve...
Ashley and I got married in January. The wedding day was not as restful as we would have liked.
You may recall waking up the morning of December 26, 2004, and learning about the earthquakes triggering the powerful tsunami that swept the coastal areas of Indonesia and Sri Lanka. Many were...
The first few times I read Jesus’ Parable of the Three Servants, I missed the point entirely. “So the third servant buried his silver in the ground for safekeeping. What’s so terrible about...
When I go to the bank around the corner, the service is consistently terrible. It doesn’t matter if I park my car and go into the lobby, drive my car to the drive-up...
The people who lived and traveled with Jesus must have been in a state of constant confusion. That guy was so unpredictable...
Moviemaker Bill Nicholson said this. ”Every time we write a story, we’re creating a moral structure that influences the people who see that film. And all these films add up to a sense...
Peter sounds like that eager student hoping—and expecting—to gain approval from the teacher. Peter assumes that all of the other people would...
Recreation, simply put, is the grown-up way of saying “play.”
During a college choir rehearsal, I noticed a friend with a dark smudge on her forehead. I puzzled over it, thinking that maybe she had been the victim of a dormitory prank. Then...
Growing up, there was nothing more intriguing—and confusing—than love. It’s supposed to make the world go round, but really, it just made me dizzy. People would fall into it, and then out of...
How many organizations do you know that have lasted a thousand years?
It was March 3, 1976. As I entered the freshman dining hall of my college, I noticed that the women who served...
When Joe Slawek, CEO of Flavors of North America, accepted Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year Award, he pointed heavenward and told the audience that he, like a certain football player,...
Editor's Note: Today begins the season of Lent. The editorial staff and readers of TheHighCalling.org bring to this space a diversity of experience with the traditions of this season. Some of us have...
No, I'm not inviting you to a Mardi Gras party. Sorry about that. ...
The down economy has hit many sectors. One area often overlooked is small or new church pastors, who lead churches with struggling finances. ...
