After my friend in college turned orange, she realized that her attempts to look more attractive were making things worse. For days, we jokingly called her “the human carrot.” That’s all she ate. Carrots…with a side order of…carrots. For three […]
I don’t know what his real name was, but our head coach told us to call him Coach Beef. He was our assistant coach. I was in the eighth grade, and I was playing football. I’ll never forget Coach Beef […]
I was only joking when I called him “Sparky,” but the name stuck. He and three other foreign exchange students from Japan had enrolled at my high school during my senior year, and Hasayuki wanted a new name. I remember […]
During my senior year of college, I had a killer schedule with early morning classes five days a week. So, every morning I would stumble into the bathroom and follow the well-worn trail from the day before. First, I would […]
My favorite text on forgiveness is the one in which God says, “I, even I, am He who blots out your transgressions, and remembers your sins no more” (Is. 43:25 NIV). Do you know what this means? God has chosen […]
Are you a follower? A leader? Either way, there are times we all feel alone as we press forward to conquer the task, motivate the team, set a course for success… It can be pretty lonely and turn into a […]
I’m so thankful that God is a God of second chances, because we definitely need them. Take, for instance, Levi. He and his brother Simeon had completely lost the blessing of their father Jacob because they slaughtered the men of […]
Peter had been toiling all night and had caught nothing. He comes back to shore exasperated and frustrated. He’s washing his nets. He knew this was not a good night. Nothing is going to happen. He was feeling a great […]
The morning was still dark before sunrise, and Walt Disney paced the length of Main Street Disneyland, fear tearing at both his heart and mind. It was opening day of his new amusement park, and he was certain that his […]
Famed World War II tank commander General George Patton said, “Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.” Courage is in fact something that can be held on to. In fact, Jesus said it is something that we can even […]
