“Let your conversations be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.” (Col. 4:6 NIV) Opportunities abound in this month of Thanksgiving for us to have big conversations with family and friends. I don’t consider myself a very quick thinker or very witty, so this freaks me…
Our family lives in the Rocky Mountain Region, a region of extremes. When my husband and I, our three children, and their families get together, we often discuss our preparedness for emergency situations. What if it were necessary to build a fire with no matches? Which one of us is best suited to stitching up…
“Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Listen diligently to me, and…
If you come from a more informal background, or you grew up celebrating Easter only on Sunday with an egg hunt and basket of candy, you might not know that this is Holy Week, which began on Palm Sunday, the celebration of Jesus’ final entry into Jerusalem–his last week of ministry. Today is Holy Thursday,…
I remember listening to a radio program a few years ago wherein the host was reading the results of a survey of university and college professors from around the world. I found one of the results really interesting. Although they couldn’t put their finger on it, the vast majority of these professors felt that the…
“You have led in your steadfast love the people whom you have redeemed; You have guided them by your strength to your holy abode.” (Exodus 15:13 ESV) Fear is a powerful motivator. A runner finds a new level of fast when being pursued by an angry dog. Students fearful of a failing grade deepen their…