Sports fans are well-known for unfailing loyalty to their teams. Players come and players go, but for better or worse, true fans stay faithful. Until now. Until Tebow. Tim Tebow is more than just a football player. He’s a phenomenon. Fans flock to him. And now that...
You’d think I’d learn by now. I mean, how many times do I have to experience the same lesson before I get it? Five years ago, I heard what no woman wants to hear from her doctor. “The radiologist reviewed your mammogram and has recommended additional pictures.” As I...
I’ve been thinking lately about stewardship. That’s not a word we use much in our culture anymore. It’s one of those words that seems to have fallen out of favor. Most people haven’t noticed. But maybe we should notice. A steward is someone who has the responsibility...
Who doesn’t want to be happy? The right to pursue happiness is even written in the United States’ Declaration of Independence. Then there’s the popular post floating around the internet. Perhaps you’ve read it… “Someone once said, "There comes a time in your life,...
Weight has been a sensitive subject for me. I’ve been trying to lose the same twenty pounds for umpteen years. But that’s not what I’m referring to when I ask if you’re FAT… FAT is an acronym for Faithful, Available, and Teachable. Are you and I faithful? The virtue...
I recently submitted thirty-one devotions for a national ministry's monthly devotional for their supporters. The batch I submitted last year had been well received, and I hoped for a similar reaction. This time, the editor’s response was not quite what I expected. She...
Look around. Listen to the politicians. Read the headlines. Talk to your neighbors and coworkers. It won’t take long...
Fall…the time when (in places other than Florida!) nature dons flamboyant garb as God paints His world with vibrant...
Suffering is hard. So we work just as hard—if not harder—to avoid it. We don’t want to talk about it. And we run away...