I have always loved stories. By the time I was four years old, my mom had taught me to read and write. I remember reading Dick, Jane, and Sally books when I was...
In yesterday's reflection, we saw that, after rebuking the "shepherds" of Israel for failing to care for their "flock," God chooses to become Israel's good shepherd. He will do what their human...
In the first part of Ezekiel 34, God rebukes the "shepherds" of Israel for pursuing their own interests rather than those of the people they were to serve. Their selfishness and injustice led to...
Today's news is full of stories of leaders who care more about themselves than about the people or institutions they lead. They...
As operations manager at a small investment advisory firm, I help identify and execute changes. I minimize the upheaval and magnify the...
High Calling radio spots air daily across the U.S., but Mike does more than listen. Each week in an employee meeting, he replays a spot. And each week, Mike and his employees discuss...
In Ezekiel 32, God tells his prophet to sing a lament for Egypt.
At a prayer meeting a few years ago, every guy at the table shared the same exact prayer request: asking for help...
Early in my years as a pastor, I was leading a Bible study for several college students. We were studying one of many passages in Scripture that warns us against pride. To my...
Midway through college, I made what my son considers to be the biggest mistake of my life. I marched into the registrar’s office and declared a new major: political science. I murdered my...
It's early afternoon. Despite sun pouring through the windows, the room seems dimly lit. I know this room.
Increasingly in our day, the Bible is under attack. Prominent atheists sell millions of books denouncing Scripture as unworthy of our attention...
What would you think if the school system cut back time on academics and required recess twice a day? Or, what if—at...
As a teacher, I help students become what God intended them to be as His image and likeness: culture-makers!
Some cultural artifacts—like stories and art—seem to live forever, as successive generations learn to love them. Other works, like most of the...
My dad loved Garrison Keillor’s A Prairie Home Companion. He listened to this radio program faithfully, often wearing his favorite shirt: a Prairie Home Companion T-shirt. So, when my dad died and...
On February 1, Knopf published The Fear Index, a novel by Robert Harris, who also authored The Ghost (called The Ghost Writer in the movie version), Fatherland (an alternate-history classic), and a...
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I was picking up my daughter from Sunday School last week when another mother started cross-examining me about my job. We had...
It's a Wednesday morning in Haiti, in a dim room with no light bulb. I am a spectator to the quiet work of five women.
