No Pain, No Gain

The unconverted man says, "Conversion is easy tomorrow, but hard today. I'll put it off." Even so, prayer that is now difficult appears easy in the ...

Wrong-Headed Spontaneity

"Discipline" has become a dirty word for our culture. ... I know I am speaking heresy in many circles, but spontaneity is greatly overvalued. ...

Lost in Drudgery

Most of us are spiritually inefficient because we cannot do certain things and remain spiritual. We can be spiritual in prayer meetings, in congenial ...

Shine on Me

Every morning for two years I battled with my son Jordan to get him up for school. Everything changed when he left his window shades up at night. In the ...

Resting and Rusting

If I rest, I rust.

Defeating the Bully

In his book Fuzzy Memories, Jack Handey writes:

There used to be this bully who would demand my lunch money every day. Since I was smaller, I would give ...

Opportunity Looks Like Work

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.

Don't Clutter

Don't own so much clutter

That you will be relieved

To see your house catch fire.

The Cult of Mediocrity

I fear that we in the mass media are creating such a market for mediocrity that we've diminished the incentive for excellence. We celebrate notoriety ...

Work Ethic

The best kept secret in America today is that people would rather work hard for something they believe in than enjoy a life of pampered idleness.