Yesterday was Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the 40-day season known as Lent. Growing up in the church, this seemed like a foreign holiday; I didn’t understand it. My childhood church did not recognize it, and the only ones who observed it...
Why are companies willing to fork out so much money on marketing? Well, there appears to be good reasons! ... Millenia before Madison Avenue marketers were persuading customers to judge by image, wrapping, and covers, we were already judging by...
During this enforced break from overseas travel, I have been writing some thoughts from the life of David for the encouragement of our Ghanaian brethren. Perhaps we all could use some encouragement to look beyond our current circumstances to see...
While our hope is in the coming kingdom of God, it is also essential that we hold fast to the grace and peace that flow from the person and work of our Lord Jesus.
With regular inundation of pandemic statistics, governmental chaos, and disheartening displays of public insurrection, I need to be reminded that Jesus reigns.
Following Christ requires independent and courageous thinking and acting. The choice often leads us to go against the flow, to stand opposing, to resist the wisdom of the crowd.
Such a reading of the world’s creation and thoughts of the Master gardener tending to me, stirred a response similar to David’s … “when I survey this vast world, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars and all that you have established...
The Reformation was an ongoing event and not all the heroes of the Reformation are well-known. There were many unheralded champions even in locations we know well.