As you reflect on your best memories of the past year, no doubt the criticisms you received rocket to the very top of the highlights...

Why do people wear the clothes they choose? Eleven reasons explain peoples’ clothing at any given moment. They wear clothing to: 1.    ...

I admit that I want people to like me. Years ago, a congregation member I pastored could not have been accused of that. It was obvious....

Humans tire, but God doesn’t. The Lord, the everlasting God, the Creator of all the earth never grows weak or weary (Isaiah 40:28). He is...

Those choices introduce us to additional ones. We can always justify why we shouldn’t get involved in meeting a need. As you will soon...

Many Christian congregations include a time of mutual greeting during worship services. Some call it passing the peace of Christ. We...

I write these words overflowing with gratitude for all God has done through my ministry team members in 2024. My joy has nothing to do...

Do you know what an irreversible binomial is? I didn’t either. It is a word pair used in a specific unchanging sequence as an idiomatic...

A friend told a story about her grandchildren’s reaction to a new gift from God born into the family. She was transporting her...

“The LORD is my shepherd; I have all that I need…My cup overflows with blessings” (Psalm 23:1, 5 NLT). That sounds like the promise of...

Our lives are like easily crushed plastic cups. We ignore their frailty and go full out to fill them with pleasurable things. We...

“In March 2015, a well-meaning Frenchman was so intoxicated he was found trying to resuscitate a rubber dinghy, believing it to be a...

Here are ten suggestions to leave a spiritual legacy. The first is to share the hope of the gospel and be a channel through whom God can...

Two people I coached this last high school track and field season separated themselves from everyone else. They spent their energy...

Athletic competitions produce winners and losers. Everyone wants to be a winner. That is what society celebrates. My local high school...

What is most important to you? Choose your treasures wisely. They are the chauffeurs of our hearts. They repeatedly drive us to our...

Babies need skin-to-skin contact to develop emotionally and physically. We never outgrow our need for a positive touch. Positive touch...

Others’ expectations shape our lives like the wind shapes dunes. My parents had no name for me when I was born. I was the second to...

If your resting heart rate is 80 beats per minute, your heart contracts 115,200 times daily! In an average lifetime, that is more than...

The handle of our white plastic laundry basket broke, and the container became unusable. My wife asked if I could fix it. As handyman...