Augustine: Pursuing Justice

As the Roman Empire became Christianized, church leaders were assigned increasing civic responsibilities. By Augustine's time, Roman law empowered ...

Self-Destructive Habits

While staying with my friends Tim and Jill Jones, I watched their hamster, Hammy, in his little cage. Hammy has a warm nest of cedar shavings to curl ...

Mister Rogers: Deep and Simple

Life is deep and simple, and what our society gives us is shallow and complicated.

Dangerous Decisions

In March of 2022, Fang Law Firm working with 1Point21 Interactive examined 20 years of data from the NHTSA to uncover the most dangers intersections where ...

Finding the Real Problem

I was back in my home state of California, working as a nurse in a busy emergency room. We had a regular visitor who tugged at my heart. His name was ...

Ideas Have Trajectories

Ideas have trajectories to them. It's a bit like the moonshot. When the rocket is aimed at the moon some 200,000 miles away, it has to be precise. ...

"You Never Say Yes"

As I pulled my brimming shopping cart to a stop at the checkout counter, a toy truck caught my son's eye.

"Mommy--a truck. Can we buy it? Please?"

Prayer Better Than Philosophy

The Christian on his knees sees more than the philosopher on tiptoe.

Ministry Insights

There are three things in ministry you need to know. Number one, it's never as good as it seems. Number two, it's never as bad as it seems. And ...

Freedom Requires Limits

Freedom does not mean the absence of constraints or moral absolutes. Suppose a skydiver at 10,000 feet announces to the rest of the group, "I'm ...