Today is Wednesday, November 7. In fifteen days, those of us who live in the United States will celebrate our national holiday...
In last Friday's reflection, we began considering the question "What is faith?" We saw that, contrary to the common notion of faith as something contrary to reason, Christian faith is reasonable,...
I have a law school classmate I’ll call Jim. His personal life is a wreck. He’s been married and divorced a couple...
How should a believer leave his or her job? With grace and integrity, writes Diane Paddison, author of Work, Love, Pray: Practical...
As we saw in Wednesday's reflection, faith is one of the essential elements of the Christian life, something you'd be sure to include if you were to summarize Christian living "in a nutshell." But...
“Do you think you are getting old, and is that hard for you?”
Today is All Saints Day, a holy day recognized by the Catholic Church and, in various ways, by various Protestant denominations. Eastern Orthodox Christians celebrate the Sunday of All Saints on...
As I child, it was one of the questions I dreaded hearing. Well-meaning aunts, teachers, and perfect strangers all ask children: “What do you want to be when you grow up?” I never...
One of my vivid memories of youth is shaking hands with Nelson Rockefeller. The governor’s campaign trail wound through Buffalo, and greeting “Rocky” was a crowd of several hundred, myself included...
The phrase "in a nutshell" means something like "in a very brief summary" or "in very few words." Some scholars trace the English use of this phrase to William Shakespeare's play Hamlet. In Act 2,...
As you may recall, I'm in the process of writing a commentary on Ephesians for a series that will be published by Zondervan. When I began reflecting on Ephesians, I invited you to...
God uses even the most mundane things we do in our vocations and transforms them into “Kingdom Work,” blogs Hugh Whelchel at the Institute for Faith, Work, and Economics site.
In early July, the daily reflection was entitled "The View from Inspiration Point." I used the analogy of viewing Yosemite Valley from Inspiration Point to encourage us to take in the panorama of...
G. K. Chesterton once observed that the reason Jesus connected “neighbors” and “enemies” is because they are often the same people!
David Green is the Founder and CEO of Hobby Lobby, a multibillion dollar company with over 500 stores. In this section, David...
We used to have a saying in our house: Work to live, don’t live to work. It was our way of keeping perspective—not letting stress from work creep into our home. Maybe you’ve...
One day my publisher sent me a letter asking me for a list of “influencers” in my world. I had never heard anyone call anyone an “Influencer.” So I wrote the publicist and...
I had it all memorized—the way some people memorize favorite songs, Bible verses, or math facts.
Imagine you are in a church meeting deciding who will be leaders for the new initiative for outreach in your community. Imagine...
Introduction by Mark Roberts: I am pleased to welcome Dr. Scot McKnight as our reflections writer for this week. In his day...
