Many women are a bit intimidated by the person they see in Proverbs 31:10-31: the wife, or woman, of noble character. Is there nothing this woman does not...
Growing up Lutheran, Ash Wednesday was a somber day on which we went to church and had ashes in the shape of a cross painted on our foreheads,...
“Stupid is as stupid does,” quips Forrest Gump in the 1994 movie by the same name. There is a curious statement about stupidity floating around on the internet...
One morning, a man in his upper thirties awoke with a strange backache and a sense that something was not quite right. Physically robust, the strong, rising leader...
Naming a vague sense can bring our thoughts into focus. The phrase “quiet quitting” has done just that. Zaid Kahn said in a TikTok video, “I recently learned...
Perhaps it is time that I told this story. It is long overdue. It is a humbling one for me. I am hoping that it might encourage several...
On August 3, 2017, the Washington Post published an article stating that the majority of Christians (presumably self-professed) believe poverty is “the result of individual failings” or blame...
In a book called The Church and Work by Sweeden and Cartwright, I found the following quote: How can you love your neighbor if you don’t know how...
When I was about to graduate from high school in 1976, someone in my class was putting together a list of “Senior Predictions.” Mine was kind of amusing....
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