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...

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 that best in January and February when lakes and ponds were frozen in my neck of the...

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

It takes considerable effort to do many things well. Malcolm Gladwell developed the 10,000-hour rule. He believes people spending 10,000...