When we talk about poverty these days, there is usually an unspoken understanding that the poor have come to their state through no fault of their own, by...
Every leader has moments of intense loneliness and fear. Consider the example of Joshua. Joshua was one of the great leaders in Jewish history. He began as an...
A couple weeks ago, our senior editor, Greg Ayers, asked me to write a review of a new book he received. Great! I imagined a hot new book...
Over the summer my wife suggested that we start hosting a monthly dinner for our group of friends. She had been reading about the value of eating together...
My mother-in-law is pretty tough. She is the only girl in a family of six. When my son Parker was born, she told me to throw away all...
The hurdler crouches in position, ready to take on the obstacles before him or her. They can run straight ahead, head down, plowing through whatever gets in their...
Excellence. Sounds like an easy topic. Let me jump on my high horse and preach about perfection. A few pithy quotes about trying harder or working more and...
“You will be the same person in ten years as you are today except for the people you meet and the books you read,” writes Og Mandino in...
Human beings were made to seek meaning. This isn’t the standard narrative in our culture, of course. The widely-held narrative is something else entirely, one of maximum choice...
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