Crossing the Generational Divide, Part 1 At the end of each week I enjoy tormenting my type-A, goal-oriented personality with the question: What did you accomplish? What makes this sick practice worse is when I can vouch for myself that I was busy — but cannot remember specifically what ... Read more
Belief Lew Wallace was a lawyer, state senator, major general and governor. But the book he authored is not only what he is remembered for, it changed his life. Read more
He's More Than a Brand We judge a book by its cover. But what if the cover does not describe what's inside? Have we designed a cover for Jesus that is not at all like Him? Read more
Speechless It should have been a simple task, but approaching strangers has never been my strong point. So when I finally made the effort, and she turned in my direction, all intelligent thought abandoned ship.Now, such thought often abandons my ship at the ... Read more
Plans In a former life, I managed a Christian radio station with a musical format ranging from Ralph Carmichael to Michael Card. This agitated some saints who occasionally would send me laboriously handwritten letters, detailing the evils of any beat fo... Read more
Alone Means Alone You've heard the expression, "What part of 'no' don't you understand?" I would like us to consider another word. The word is "alone."I don't mean alone in the sense of "lonely"; rather, alone in the sense of "only." If we are told that the only wa... Read more
Unity I easily recall my initial effort at waterskiing when I inexplicably got up the first time — wind whipping by, folks on shore yelling approval. But, after a couple hundred yards of "wetted bliss," the two skis decided, without consulting me, to go... Read more
A Stronghold Through Change "The greatest of all miracles is that we need not be tomorrow what we are today, but we can improve if we make use of the potentials implanted in us by God."— Samuel M. SilverAs I look at the world around me, it is hard to miss how so many things ... Read more
Jane Meets the Adventists She awoke one morning with the sense that something was telling her to go to church. The problem was that it was Saturday; it seemed churches were all closed. She found one that answered and was told to call on a Seventh-day Adventist church. Neve... Read more
