As a new year begins, many of us are feeling the long-term fatigue of an ongoing pandemic, social unrest, church divisiveness, and an...

In 1975, Diana Ross sang: "Do you know where you’re going to? Do you like the things that life is showing you?"(1) These questions...

In one of our family’s favorite series, “Lord of the Rings,” the middle film “The Two Towers” is my least favorite. It’s so full of war...

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Michael Jordan captured the imagination of millions when he left basketball the year his father died to pursue his father’s favorite...

Sir Isaac Newton wrote, “Truth is ever to be found in simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things.” Working and...

Joshua and Anna met in mid-life and were overjoyed to finally find a love worthy of committing themselves in marriage. Coming into this...

For decades, youth groups and team-building consultants around the world have depended on “trust walks” and “falling” in a circle to...

Many years ago, I spoke to a women’s group who gifted me with a book and a pink bracelet that proclaimed their commitment to “a...

In many Eastern traditions, offerings of food and flowers are a common practice during formal worship services, at temples and local...

When our son applied for college, his teachers gave a lot of time writing letters of recommendation, talking with him about college...