Dallas Willard Shares His Biggest Regret

Shortly before Dallas Willard died from cancer in 2013, Pastor John Ortberg asked him, "Do you regret anything?" Willard answered, "I regret ...

John Ortberg Learns about His Limits

John Ortberg writes:

We were with friends at an open-air street fair when we spotted a mechanical bull that tries to buck people off. They guy operating ...

The ‘Fearful Gift’ of Suffering

New York Times op-ed columnist David Brooks penned an insightful piece about the "fearful gift" of suffering/ He talks about the irony of our ...

J.R.R. Tolkien's 40-year Journey to Excellence

J.R.R. Tolkien, author of The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings, did not initially set out to write fantasy novels and create an entire world that he called ...

Your Heart Is like Atlanta's 'Spaghetti Junction'

North of Atlanta there's an intersection where two major highways come together: I-285 and I-85. This monstrosity of twentieth century engineering ...

Writer Can't Blame the Internet for His Problems

At 11:50 P.M. on April 30th, 2012 technology writer Paul Miller started his yearlong commitment to live without any contact with the internet. So he unplugged ...

Addressing the 'Garbage Dump' in Our Heart

Imagine you're out for a hike on a beautiful spring day and you come to a creek. But there's something wrong with this picture. You notice that ...

Mythbusters: You Can Teach Old Dogs New Tricks

In 1523, an English animal trainer named John Fitzherbert said, "The dog must be trained when he is a whelp, or else it will not be [trained]; for ...

'Fast Food Culture' Promotes Impatience

In 1960 McDonald's operated 200 restaurants. By 2024 they had 41,822 restaurants. BY 2027 they plan to add another 9,000 locations. In 2024 there ...

Russian Comedian Discovers American Grocery Stores

When the Russian comedian Yakov Smirnoff immigrated to the United States, he said that the thing he loved most about America was the grocery stores. He ...