On the Night Shift

The San Diego Union-Tribune reported the story of Nicholas Zenns. On his night job at Taco Bell, 17-year-old Nicholas was taking orders at the drive-up ...

Deadly Legalism

The pharisaical legalism pictured in the parable of the good Samaritan is alive and well. As a result, a 15-year-old African-American boy in Chicago is ...

Whitman's Hospital Visits

In an interview with Leadership, Eugene Peterson said, "Every pastor involved in hospital visitation should read Specimen Days, by Walt Whitman" ...

The Importance of Touch

Jesus didn't have to touch lepers. He could have been just as effective from a hundred yards away. But he touched them.

Single-Mindedness

Let your intentions in the fulfillment of your duties be so pure that you reject from your actions every other object but the Glory of God and the salvation ...

"Outdated" Convictions

Old movies offer some powerful lessons--lessons that our generation could easily miss. "Prisoner of Zenda," for example, a movie released in ...

Where the Spirit Is ...

Nobody can be indwelt by the Spirit of God and keep that Spirit to himself. Where the Spirit is, he flows forth. And where there is no flowing forth, ...

Life Is 90 Percent Reaction

I am convinced that life is 10 percent what happens to us and 90 percent how we react to it.

The Price of Stubbornness

Between two farms near Valleyview, Alberta, you can find two parallel fences, only two feet apart, running for a half mile. Why are there two fences when ...

Humor: Just Being Friendly

One morning as I walked down the driveway to our mailbox, I noticed a stranger walking up the neighbor's drive. He called out, "Hi, lady."

Wanting to be ...