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...

His name was Bill. I liked him. He was facing a life-threatening operation to fix an aneurysm. His doctor gave him a five percent chance...

There were 234,374 total facelifts in the US in 2020, but many more gracelifts. The intent of the first is to look younger, improve...

I have often joked that I can walk on water. I did best in January and February when lakes and ponds were frozen in my neck of the woods!...

More than 720,000 people in the world take their lives each year, with many more failed attempts. Suicide is the leading cause of death...

Dress requirements can be very exacting. All graduates wore a cap and gown for my high school and college graduation ceremonies. The...

What does it mean to follow God?

Can we be wise without being truthful? Steven Ussery said, “ Nope. True wisdom includes the fact that honesty is, after all, the best...

Humility and wisdom share common characteristics. Humility is a requirement for wisdom (Proverbs 11:2). Biblically wise people strive to...

Wisdom in Proverbs is audible and visible. It includes wise words and exemplary behavior. A famous American said: ·       “Defeat doesn’t...

I admire people who can fix broken things and solve everyday problems. But biblical wisdom in Proverbs is more than knowing how to fix...

Wise self-management benefits God, others, and ourselves. Wisdom enables self-management. Godly wisdom is audible and visible. People...

In 1996, I dug up a small part of the yard to plant cherry tomatoes. My garden was four feet long by four feet wide. It was a small...

What is biblical wisdom? As a young, inexperienced pastor, I gleaned advice from a senior citizen on my church’s governing board. He was...

Our hearts yearn for material prosperity and the security it promises. The prosperity gospel appeals to those desires by twisting the...

Two letters make all the difference—un. Everyone wants to be fortunate. No one wants to be unfortunate. Who doesn’t want to be...

As a boy, I pretended I was various major league baseball stars as I batted driveway stones for imagined home runs.  Those players were...