As you may recall, Ephesians 2 begins with the bad news of our natural condition outside of Christ: we were stuck in...
Have you ever felt far away from God? Perhaps your life was going along wonderfully, right according to plan. Then, without warning, everything started to fall apart. You lost your job. Or you were...
The word "calling" can mean different things to different people. For some, it means getting paid to do what you love. For others, calling is a passion they pursue outside of their 9 to 5 world....
I was years late getting my first cell phone—that elongated handset with retractable antenna. It had one number stored in memory: my...
My in-laws finally realized their dream. They moved out of the old farmhouse into a smaller home built at the edge of Big Creek.
At my bank Board meeting last week, the Chairman grimly announced that fraud has increased significantly from the previous year.
Today's reflection seems like an odd theme to consider just a few days before the beginning of Lent. "Experiencing the Resurrection Today"...
My husband and I are polar opposites about most things in life. He’s an introvert; I’m an extrovert. He’s from Canada; I’m from Georgia. He’s analytical; I’m anything but. So when it comes...
In yesterday's reflection, I continued to look closely at Ephesians 2:6, which says that we have already been "raised up with Christ"...
We talked with Mike about how his work with Fortune 100 companies prepared him for work in a nonprofit organization.
In the last couple of days, we have been wondering about the teaching in Ephesians 2:6 that God "raised us up with...
In business and in life, we all want to deal with honest people. We look for people who keep their word. We want to be around people we can trust. We look for...
When my son, Nathan, was four years old, he and I took a walk around a delightful mountain lake. As we walked, I told Nathan that I used to take walks like this...
Just before World War II, America was precariously low on cargo ships. Henry Kaiser, an industrialist, had never built ships, but that didn't deter him. He called for an “impossibility conference”...
Where are the modern-day writers who grapple with faith and culture? Are they diminished because of secularism? Image Journal’s Gregory Wolfe, writing...
In many churches today, there is a time in the worship service for the Passing of the Peace. The person leading worship says something like, "The peace of the Lord be with you."...
The best leaders aren’t always the smartest or most innovative ones, says Jim Gentry, business manager at McKinney Memorial Bible Church in...
When I was in junior high school, the English rock band Led Zeppelin released their second album, which featured the song "Whole Lotta Love." Soon, this song was heard on transistor radios and at...
Have you ever needed mercy? I expect you have. Maybe you needed mercy when you were pulled over for speeding but hoped to avoid a traffic ticket. Perhaps you made a terrible mistake...
She tells me she doesn’t know how to go back—not after all that we’ve witnessed. And I tell her that going back might be impossible anyway. We can’t un-see what we’ve seen. ...
