Discipline and punishment. One is meant to teach and uplift. The other is retribution for a previous offense. Although they are different in definition, I often I see us muddy our understanding of these distinctly different actions when we are […]
What would you think if I told you that on your tombstone would be inscribed a four-word epitaph? Based on your life, what would those words be? Jesus once had an encounter with a person whom he described with just […]
Agnes Bojaxhiu, who died in 1997, was one of the most influential persons of her time. She was so passionate about her beliefs that her life became an articulate expression of her faith. She loved life, and so, hated abortion; […]
How do you expect me to believe in God,” asked Woody Allen, “when only last week I got my tongue caught in the roller of my electric type-writer?” For a while now, at least in the Western world, the existence […]
Eons ago, when I was in college, I was struggling. Having been raised in a fairly legalistic home and church I struggled with assurance of eternal life. I also was confused about what God wanted me to do for a […]
A man wearing sunglasses approached the cash register of a pharmacy and told the employees he was going to rob them. The pharmacist stepped forward and thwarted the plans of the would-be burglar, preventing the crime before it came to […]
At a funeral service in 1742, two giants of the Christian faith stood beside their mother’s grave. John Wesley conducted the services; his brother Charles wrote the epitaph for the tombstone. In part, it read: A Christian here her flesh […]
The story is told of a particular running of the Marathon in ancient Greece. As the time drew near for the long-distance race to begin, the muscular, conditioned runners paced nervously near the starting line. They shook out their muscles, […]
More often than I can count, people have brought me a Starbucks coffee. It is a very kind and generous action, and it shows me that they care about me. There’s just one minor problem. I don’t like coffee. I […]
Albert Einstein said, “Once a day, allow yourself the freedom to dream.” What do you suppose Einstein dreamed of? I would guess that a look at his life’s work and the contributions he made to physics would provide some clues […]
