I had bandages over both eyes for three days. A racket ball injured my left eye, and the doctor covered my right eye also to reduce...

Rewards motivate us to toil and sweat to receive them. I studied hard in college to be accepted into a highly regarded graduate school so...

It was the only time a teacher paddled me. I was in first grade. I had either taken my reading book home and forgotten to bring it back...

Our view of our gifts, abilities, status, and positions underlies how we describe and exercise them. Do we come across as insufferably...

Gardening has been challenging in 2025. I planted green bean seeds in rows around the middle of May. After they germinated and grew to...

Things are often not what they appear to be. Get-rich-quick schemes are usually scams. A firefly is a beetle, not a fly. A prairie dog is...

As infants, we’re dependent on others to supply our food, clothing, shelter, a place to sleep, and many other needs. As we mature, we...

Jon Meacham wrote in And There Was Light   that when Abraham Lincoln ran for re-election as President in 1864, freeing the slaves wasn’t...

Gratitude made them do it. At a funeral of a mutual pastoral friend, I was surprised to see a pastor and his wife, whom I highly respect....

We consistently analyze life for negatives. We will consider the reason for that shortly. I walked past my garden on July 7, 2025, and...

I read Exodus 24 in my devotions. Verse nine jumped off the page when I observed something I didn’t remember seeing before. It said that...

Alexander J. Miller observed that many people meander through life without considering the big picture. He suggested that Socrates would...

The top ten things to which people are addicted are nicotine, alcohol, illegal and prescription drugs, caffeine, gambling, internet and...

My Best Sermon Was Playing Lazarus Acting is bringing a character to life. I preached a sermon on Lazarus in about ten churches. It was a...

On March 3rd, I began my 27th year of coaching throwing events at my local high school. We had a coach’s meeting on February 26th. The...

Life is full of choices, both big and small. As believers, we often wonder, how do I know if I’m making the right decision?  The good...

Faith is the foundation of our relationship with God, yet even the most devout believers experience moments of doubt. Life’s hardships,...

Daily rest (not to be confused with sleep) reduces stress and anxiety, improves mood, decreases blood pressure, helps relieve chronic...

The Limitations of Good Works How good must we have been to become a USA Olympic or Paralympic athlete in 2024? 610 of the 340 million...

Good Works Embrace Various Kinds of Giving Learning to do good is a process and includes productively meeting the urgent needs of others...