Prejudice is always the ugly counterfeit to true discernment and good judgement. But we humans all too often confuse these realities to our own detriment. As a man who has grown up in the American South, I can readily attest to the sickness of prejudice in society, in communities,...
"I will be Faithful" Our busy lives really do challenge us in keeping our priorities in the right order, don't they? We moderns are a complicated mishmash of schedules, opportunities, affluence, and "freedom." And that multiplication of events, desires, hopes, and advertisements don't seem to be slowing down. It seems...
"Fathers are indispensable!" So, why is it so easy to take advice from a stranger, but not your own family? Alright, I'll confess to being a bit frustrated. Here's the story: I had a dear family member bend my ear for several hours about a problem. At the end of...
"It's a GREAT DEAL, I Promise!" "OK, so what's the catch?" The guy had just given me his best pitch for a timeshare vacation package at the resort we were enjoying in the Dominican Republic. (Beautiful place, by the way). They told us that if we would go to this...
"O Lord, I cry to You. Hear Me!" The word "asceticism" is something of a mystery to our modern way of life. We have lived with such plenty and such amazing comfort and ease for so long that now we assume that all of life is meant to be pain...
Alanis Morissette's "Jagged Little Pill" album was one of my favorites years ago. And my favorite song on that album was "You Learn." The chorus is going through my mind today: "You live you learn, you love you learn. You cry you learn, you lose you learn. You bleed...
"You simply HAVE to get active! I mean it, father. If you value your health AND your ministry. You HAVE to start moving more!" How I HATE these annual physicals! But seriously, the older I get the more my metabolism slows down and the more I have to work...
Greater love has no man than to lay down his life... The girl needed a transfusion and the only suitable donor was her brother, and he was just 11 years old! So, the family talked it over and said it had to be up to the brother to do this....
"Friendship is the greatest of worldly good. Certainly to me it is the chief happiness of life. C.S. Lewis The old saying goes "No man is an island." And we are all quick to agree and embrace this sentiment, up to a point. You see, our culture prides itself on its...
Here's the Way to a "more excellent way!" The word "excellent" is such a wonderful word, and shouldn't be emptied of its value by overuse or misunderstanding. Something that is truly "excellent" stands apart and suggests a standard to be aspired to and attained through diligence, admiration, and emulation. If...
