The road to abundant life comes with joy and heartache.
Read MoreIt was fifty years ago today… And America was tearing itself to pieces. The country still reeled from the loss of President Kennedy. His successor, President Johnson, initially rode a wave of goodwill. But his popularity eroded as he and the political establishment further entangled the country in Vietnam. An unpopular war in a faraway place, costs and casualties grew exponentially. At the same time, our nation was locked in a Cold ...
Read MoreYou might be overworked, overwhelmed, and overcommitted if: You can’t remember the last time you took a nap without feeling guilty… You’ve bumped into someone at church and wanted to get together, but didn’t have room in your schedule for the next six months… Your family meals together consist of McDonald’s drive-through on the way to several activities during the week... You live from one “to-do list” to the next ...
Read MorePaul's marvelously rich expression indicates that Christ is the source of our life. You has He quickened who "were dead in . . . trespasses and sins."1 The same voice that brought Lazarus out of the tomb raised us to newness of life.
Read MoreOscar Wilde said, “I can resist everything except temptation.” That’s the problem with temptation. It’s so tempting. But sometimes we unnecessarily put ourselves in the way of it.
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There is a scripture in the book of Nahum that is both scary and comforting at the same time. Chapter one, verse eight says, “His way is in the fierce winds and storms….” Winds and storms have a different meaning to me today than they did when I was a child. I loved being in the middle of a summer storm when I was young! Getting soaked and being shaken by gargantuan ...
Read MoreIn Mark 11:25-26 Jesus said, “Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father who is in heaven will also forgive you your transgressions. But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father who is in heaven forgive your transgressions.”
Read MoreNot being a bumper-sticker freak, I find myself turned off by most of the stuff people announce on rear windows and back bumpers. But years ago I noticed one I've never forgotten. For some reason, it stuck in my cranium as firmly as on chrome. You've seen it dozens of times:
Read MoreAs you know, I’m writing a new book with the working title How to Speak Truth to People Who Don’t Want to Hear (or How to Be Right Without Being Insufferable). Yesterday I junked a chapter I had almost finished. I actually thought about keeping the chapter (and might even put it back) because the title is so good, “How to Lose Friends and Irritate People.”
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