The Buddy System

1967. We were at war with Vietnam. And there I was, at the U.S. Army Ranger School at Fort Benning, Georgia. It was brutal.

I can still hear the raspy ...

Confessions of a Sex Addict

Married for 16 years and with two great kids, Kurt Stansell seems to have it all together. He has a successful investment counseling business, and he's ...

The Loss of Morality

By losing morality, we've destroyed essence.

Ambassador's Test

When Secretary of State during the Reagan administration, George Shultz kept a large globe in his office. When newly appointed ambassadors had an interview ...

Nothing Grows under the Banyan Tree

"Nothing grows under a banyan tree." This South Indian proverb speaks of leadership styles. The banyan is a great tree. It spreads its branches, ...

Start Small

Ask yourself what you would have done if you had inherited New York City five or ten years ago. Crime was out of control and more than half of the citizens ...

Turn Around

Repentance is not basically a religious word. It comes from a culture where people were essentially nomadic and lived in a world with no maps or street ...

A Christian's Time Off

Where did we come up with this concept of "spare time," anyway? Is there any time for which we aren't accountable to God? Is there any time ...

Daily Reckoning

To sensible men, every day is a day of reckoning.

A Lesson on Death and Taxes

Gary Thomas writes in Christianity Today: Thinking about eternity helps us retrieve [perspective]. I'm reminded of this every year when I figure my ...