How Justification by Faith Transforms Lives and Communities

One day theologian Miroslav Volf was visiting a friend who pastors a church in Sandtown, a desperately poor and dangerous neighborhood in Baltimore. As ...

Business Expert Sees Growing "Comparison Obsession"

Thomas J. DeLong, a professor at Harvard Business School, has noted a disturbing trend among his students and colleagues—a "comparison obsession." ...

Boy Forgets How to Stop His Bike; Father Learns to Slow Down

Keith Meyer writes in “Whole Life Transformation”:

[My son] Kyle had mastered riding [a bicycle] with training wheels and was eager to try ...

Author Wendell Berry on the Perils of Individualism

Novelist, essayist, and farmer Wendell Berry has a unique image for the perils of individualism. As he was walking with his friend Wes Jackson, they observed ...

John Perkins Reflects on the Uselessness of Fame

According to author and theologian Paul Metzger, one of his greatest living heroes is John Perkins, an African American Christian leader from Mississippi ...

This Athlete Helps Others Succeed

Most people haven't heard of the pro football running back named Tony Richardson. That's because his primary role involves helping other running ...

Measuring Time by Opportunities, Not by the Clock

Gregory Spencer writes in Awakening the Quieter Virtues:

One of the louder virtues in American culture is efficiency. It's what makes the clock of ...

Photojournalist Decides It's Time to Focus on Family

For sixteen years, Lo Scalzo served as a photojournalist for U.S. News and World Report. He covered assignments in more than 60 countries, winning countless ...

Harvard Studies Happiness

In 1937, a researcher at Harvard University began a study (originally named The Harvard Study of Adult Development) on what factors contribute to human ...

Math Teacher Breathes Hope into Life of Student

Jeff Jernigan writes in “The Power of a Loving Man“:

I was poor in math until I hit eighth grade. For some now unfathomable reason, I found ...