Have to. Want to. Get to. Those are three very important phrases. Each of them places us on a different path. “Have to” is life lived...

We all face challenges in life. To each of us, what we are facing can seem like something no one else has ever faced before. But a...

“We jump at the chance to judge strangers. We would never do that to ourselves, of course. We are nuanced and complex and enigmatic. But...

“Pressure is earned.” I love that quote from PJ Fleck for several reasons. First, it reminds us that there is always a different...

“I wait quietly before God, for my victory comes from Him. He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress where I will never be shaken...

Do you know how to shine in the struggle? Louie Giglio writes, “I’m soberly reminded of the twenty-one martyrs who were executed while...

What is courage to you? How about duty or honor or character? What does the church have to do with any of these? By way of an answer, let...

Gary Harrell is intimately familiar with all the tools a soldier needs. He commanded America’s elite counterterrorism unit, Delta Force....

“Most merciful God we confess that we have sinned against you in thought, word and deed by what we have done and by what we have left...

“Nurtured memories shape present realities and determine future destinies.” (Jerry Boykin, Stu Weber) The kind of memory you have will...

“You come at me with sword, spear, and javelin, but I come to you in the name of the Lord…” (I Samuel 17:45) Those are the words a young...

What do you do with your pain, your disappointment or your anger? How you answer that question explains why you are the person you are....

If God is in charge, what is our role in this world today? People have been debating the right answer to that question for centuries....

We are hosting an exchange student from Madrid, Spain this school year. So I am brushing up on my Spanish cultural history. It seems that...

On the highway heading into New York City from New Jersey, one Christmas season there was a billboard that featured the silhouettes of...

Do you have trust issues? We live in a time where almost everyone has trust issues of one kind or another. We don’t trust our...

“Don’t assume that what you believe is so powerful as to totally upend someone’s own personal beliefs and experiences. Sometimes the...

Patience is forged in the fires of frustration. Can we learn to see the value in what is difficult so that we actually look forward to...

“The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for...

“Freedom has been hunted around the globe; reason was considered as rebellion; and the slavery of fear made man afraid to think. But...