I attended summer camp in the north woods of Wisconsin for many years as a teenager. These were some of the best times of my life, with one exception. There was one worry we all had: being bit by a community of...

When the game is on the line, you don't want mistakes.In baseball, we call it a dropped ball. In football, it's a botched kick or missed field goal. Basketball analysts refer to the shot "rimming in and out" at...

In the movie Gravity, Dr. Ryan Stone (Sandra Bullock) on her first shuttle mission says while spacewalking, "The silence. I could get used to it."Honestly, I never have been a big fan of silence. Bible verses s...

One lady prayed as she entered the new year, "Dear God, I pray for a fat bank account and a thin body. Please don't mix these up as You did last year."Have you ever wondered what to pray for or how to pray?Perh...

One of my professors stopped me and my roommate in the hall during graduation week from seminary and said, "I don't know you two very well, but I have been watching both of you for three years. I have an observ...

On Saturday, March 23, 2013, Ron Baker, a redshirt freshmen led the Wichita State Shockers to upset the No. 1 ranking Gonzaga Bulldogs in the basketball tournament called March Madness. Baker led his small high...

I was getting overwhelmed.Teaching three times weekly at youth group was wearing me out, so I asked some of my core students if they would lead a Sunday night meeting. They reluctantly agreed. In the process, t...

Kevin had been a friend a co-laborer for many years; but he suddenly seemed pensive, which was much different from the outgoing person I had known for years. I invited him to lunch where he began to unpack some...

My first experience with a GPS was in Spain. Our church's youth pastor, Trevor, and I went to visit some missionaries in training; and of course we got lost a number of times. Driving through the beautiful mou...

Years ago, one of my seminary professors had our class take the Myers-Briggs temperament inventory. I'm glad he did.I have found this instrument invaluable in knowing myself and working with others. The basic i...