Every time I turn around, it seems I’m facing some new obstacle or looming uncertainty. Resistance smacks me in the face whenever I try to take on something worthwhile. ...
This winter, it snowed for ten consecutive days. We woke to freshly fallen snow every morning, and it seemed as if the night hours birthed the world new again. The grime and gray...
In my nearly 20 years of work in organization development, I've never heard anyone say that a leader communicated too much or...
I struggle with anger. I do not need professional counseling or incarceration. I am not actively destroying property or abusing people. I simply struggle. I grew up with a father who conditioned me...
I was recently invited to teach a session of a seminary class called “Pastoral Functions” at an extension of Trinity Evangelical Divinity...
The data strongly support the fact that organizations that focus on the engagement of their employees deliver stronger performance. It's not just...
When I was young and my father stormed through the house shouting and swearing, I would tiptoe upstairs to my bedroom and...
When it comes how most people view the multi-trillion dollar investment banking industry, words like loathe, cynicism, and distrust come to mind. But can lending money have a spiritual purpose?...
Vicki Davis, an author and teacher who blogs at Cool Cat Teacher, admits that she has gone to bed at 4:30 after...
I find the Baptism of Jesus confounding. Why does Jesus insist on being baptized by John when the clearly stated purpose for it is repentance? John the Baptist, the prophet whose singular mission...
I never had a sister. But I had Anita, with whom I shared adventures, stories, dreams, fears, prayers. We logged a lot of life together and made a lot of memories.
For centuries, the people of Israel watched for a superhero to rebuild their kingdom beyond what the great King David had achieved in his glory days. When Jesus arrived on the scene, he...
I argue that the dominant role for the journalist who is a Christian is an unrelenting striver for verifiable truth. That is...
Popular High Calling Network blogger Jeff Goins, has some advice for the rest of us. Stop trying to be famous. ...
Gorgeous, trendsetter, business guru, and heart for God. Meet Kendi Skeen. ...
One afternoon, my children and I sat together playing a card game on the floor in my son’s bedroom. I wish I could say my purpose that day was to create a warm...
What exactly is meaningful work for God? What kind of work will earn us the divine accolade, “Well done, good and faithful servant”? Suddenly, “meaningful work” gives way to the realities of a...
You can call me Pilgrim.
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...
As the plane touched down, I leaned back in my chair and looked out the window. My eyes brimmed with tears. “Liz...
