Needful Things

There are too many needful things to be done to wait around for someone to feel gifted.

Christ's Choice

The Temptation

(Jesus) rose up from the place where the kingdoms of the world shimmered before him, where crowns flashed and banners rustled, and hosts ...

The Unknown Hero of Everest

In 1953 Sir Edmund Hillary climbed to the summit of Mount Everest, the first man ever to do that. The man who impressed me most, though, was not Edmund ...

Everyone a Servant

For many years, I have attended midweek Eucharists at St. Bede's Episcopal Church in Santa Fe, New Mexico. One thing I love is the hand-lettered sign ...

The Difference Christ's Love Makes

If I cannot in honest happiness take the second place (or the twentieth); if I cannot take the first without making a fuss about my unworthiness, then ...

Motivation for Missions

One of the first western missionaries, Leonard Dober (1706-1766), gave this as his motivation for missions:

Since it is desired of me to make known my ...

Obedient Leaders

He that cannot obey, cannot command.

Bring Your Own Appreciation

"Pastor Wells, remember next week is our Pastor Appreciation Dinner. Tell your wife we have her down for a meat, a dessert, a gallon of tea, and ...

Servant Love

When [Jesus] wrapped a towel around his waist, poured water into a basin, and began to wash his disciples' feet (see (John 13:4-5), Simon Peter objected ...

Success and Service

Toward the end of his life, Albert Einstein removed the portraits of two scientists--Newton and Maxwell--from his wall and replaced them with portraits ...