How old are you, Grandpa? How long have you been working on that aging process?...
An item by Sally Cunnech in Leadership magazine illustrates the importance of giving attention to needs, not just to numbers. She wrote, "During World War II, economist E.F. Schumacher, then a young s...
Many European royals had the same name, so they often were differentiated by numbers such as Charles I, II or III. Even this became difficult to remember, so people gave their kings nicknames....
Sometimes when a person thinks someone else is behaving stupidly or frivolously that person says, "Get a life!" Air New Zealand picked up on the phrase and chose phone numbers for its Pacifica...
The great heart of the Australian continent is a desert, hot and dry. It seldom rains at all. But when it does rain lakes form and small fish suddenly appear. It seems miraculous. Pelicans come in gre...
How we live in relation to one another is becoming increasingly important, even in our parenting. According to one source, "Politeness is making a comeback. Growing numbers of Americans say that paren...
Lots of folks are quoting statistics that Christians are more likely than non-Christians to divorce; but those numbers are deceptive, as Glenn Stanton points out in a Focus on the Family report. He wr...
Have you seen some of these observations about modern life that have been making the rounds on the internet? You know you’re living in 2005 when......
"The church is the most complex of all human organizations," says Ed Dayton of World Vision. "It's what we call 'goal-conflicted.' One goal is to send people forth, and another is to care for them. Pe...
Rick Whitter
Like farmers, pastors must know the purpose of their work, and we must be willing to do whatever it takes to produce disciples. Fulfilling the Great Commission is not an option for today’s church lead...
In a recent survey reported by the media, the Pew Research Center surveyed 2,020 adults concerning their views of marriage and childbearing. ...
Only a touch of grace can bring miraculous healing to a troubled soul....
Thomas Nicely's life was going pretty well at Lynchburg College. He was a math professor in this small college in a small town. And he liked the life very much. He loved math and theoretical research....
The news recently carried a story about a Memphis delivery person who probably saved a customer's life. Jean Wilson had ordered pizza every day for three years. We might debate the health ramification...
Americans who help religious congregations not only give more time and money than people working with secular causes, but provide three-quarters of secular charity as well, according to a study that w...
We're living in a day that is increasingly depersonalized. Nothing makes this more clear than the impersonal computer glitches which are becoming more frequent. I read about a letter that went out fro...
Does that startle you? I have been an avid football fan, but now I've had it. Let me list the reasons for my decision never to attend another football game. 1. I was taken to too many games by my par...
In his Church & Culture blog, James Emery White shares this story: The barracks where Corrie ten Boom and her sister Betsy were kept in the Nazi concentration camp Ravensbruck were terribly overcrowde...