In escaping from Esau, Jacob ended up at the family farm of Laban, his mother’s brother. Jacob worked for Laban for twenty-one...
It was impossible to ignore. The shrill siren blasted through the hallways and the strobe lights flashed in a dizzying display.
American culture is a culture of narcissism. Recently, I was in a bookstore and noticed that Christopher Lasch’s book The Culture of...
Editor's Note: According to Ecclesiastes 3, "There is a time for everything...." Not everything on that list, however, comes to us easily...
Are you sitting down? Good. ...
Another encouraging message from Howard Butt, Jr. about taking initiative to solve the problems we encounter, even if it's just a squeaky chair.
I never thought I would see a day where I would work for free. Most of my life I chose jobs with...
While he was counting down the days until he left home, I still felt a sad certainty of resignation.
Daniel J. Lohrmann, author of Virtual Integrity (Brazos Press, 2008) is an award-winning computer expert. As Michigan's...
Light! It has captured the curiosity of scientists, philosophers, theologians—and common people like you and me. The scientific community continues to make...
Sometimes we may be asked to act in a way which is ethically questionable. Nicola is chatting with one of the clients her partner Greg has had for years. He is explaining a...
My agreement with The High Calling has me writing one 700-word Reflection each day, five days a week, 46 weeks a year.
I want her to begin learning to weed out the good questions – the ones that help her change her world.
In Tuesday's reflection, we saw that our words can grieve the Holy Spirit. Yesterday, we discovered one reason for this surprising truth...
What could be more reassuring during times of great change than to know without a doubt that God is with you? As...
“I’m tired,” he said, and the heaviness of his voice pressed in on my chest making it difficult to breathe. “I’m so...
As Christians, we seek to become like Jesus (1 John 3:2). So we must be acutely aware of the danger we face...
When and how should our career ambitions determine our family's future?
Short-term imbalance is inevitable; long-term imbalance is destructive. (Gerard Sittser) Denise’s dilemma Teaching is my first love...
Years ago, I was elbow deep in warm sudsy water. My hands searched along the bottom to hunt down the baby spoon—an...
