Can you recall the first time you saw your parent cry? I have an enduring image of my dad, who I always experienced as stoic, breaking down in tears. I …
How Poverty Can Lead to True Riches
I recall the patched together home of a mom and her two sons in a campamento in Chile. Dirt floors. Salvaged wood walls. Corrugated tin roof. Tattered sheets hung to …
How to Quench Your Thirst In a World that Can Run You Dry
What Do You Thirst For? On a sweltering summer day, we dragged our kids to a park for a family baseball game. Parents versus kids. A summer classic to be …
How to Be a Reconciler
I was in Eastern Europe and needed local cash. My friend took me to the back of a jewelry store, of all places, where I passed American greenbacks through a …
Remembrance Day: How We Can Find Lasting Peace
I have read tons and watched many movies about the Great (I mean that in the most horrible sense of the word) Wars of the 20th century. The First World …
Grace Gives Us A New Way To See The World
The Gift Of A Broken Down Car A few years ago, our family vehicle died. Undriveable. The cost was enormous to fix and well, well beyond it’s worth. This was …
What Leads Your Life?
Do you have a YouTube channel? Are you on LinkedIn? Instagram? FaceBook? Host your own podcast? This is the age of self-promotion; we must update our profiles to stand out …
Study Confirms That Being With Others Makes Us Healthier
We grow better with others. A healthy living study revealed that 95% of those who started a weight-loss program with friends were successful, while only 76% completed the program who …
What are You Living For?
Saul of Tarsus made people suffer for the name of Jesus. Young and dedicated, it was his delight to track down followers of Jesus to extinguish their affront to the …
Spiritual Growth Begins with a Call to Jesus
On March 11, 2020, Rudy Gobert of the Utah Jazz tested positive for the coronavirus. Within days every North American sports league ceased operation. My ten-year-old bemoaned, “Why does the …