The BackdropThink about your favorite movie scene that probably plays out this way: Two things are joined together, and something magical happens. Maybe it's two halves of a coin, a key and a lock, or a carved ...

The BackdropSteve Jobs. Ludwig van Beethoven. Lebron James.Recognize those names? I'm thinking so.How about Julius Lilienfeld? Bartolomeo Cristofori? James Naismith? Recognize those names?I'm thinking not so mu...

Fill in the blank: In this world you will have ____________.I suspect you know the word: Trouble (or tribulation, depending on the translation in your head). I also suspect you know who spoke those words: Jesus...

The BackdropDivide and conquer. It's a strategy used from military and political campaigns. You'll hear the phrase applied jokingly when parents overwhelmed with their children's needs and sinisterly when a com...

The BackdropMaybe you've heard these phrases:"It takes a village to raise a child." -African proverb"No man is an island." -John Donne, English poet"A cord of three strands is not quickly broken."&nbs...

The BackdropWe all have our own stories—stories about growing up, relationships and about how we found (or are finding) God.Psalms 107 is a collection of stories of how people found their way to God. Each...

On a recent Sunday morning, I was musing about the fact that I had been around a lot of death lately. A few weeks prior, a childhood friend had been killed in a car accident; his mother passed away two weeks la...

The BackdropHave you caught all the hype lately about the scientific discovery that's being called "the God particle"? Particle physicists are as close as one can get to the Boson particle without actually seei...

The BackdropWe don't have to follow God too long before we start asking: "What does God want me to do with my life?"It's easy to spend a lot of mental energy languishing over that question, waiting on God to te...

Immigration is a huge issue worldwide, and in America the topic has been debated on the presidential campaign trail and in the Supreme Court. What does God want us to do about foreigners (the Bible's term for i...