God’s Love, Written in Our Language

In 1992, Gary Chapman published a book entitled, The Five Love Languages and a few years later, he co-wrote with Ross Campbell the Five Love Languages of Children. The premise of both books is that our personalities and natures naturally respond better to one of the...

Can’t We All Just Get Along?

When you begin to ponder the events associated with the Easter story, your mind may easily slip away to the land of Israel. You might consider the location of Christ’s birth, Bethlehem. You might remember the stories associated with the cities nestled around the...

Self Improvement…according to Psalm One

The other night I had a late meeting and so I snuck away from the office and had a quick dinner out-by myself. To help entertain me during dinner, I grabbed a magazine to read. It turned out to be fun. The magazine was something called “First for Women.”...

The Value of Competition

Today is one of my favorite days on my annual sports calendar. This afternoon, the brackets came out for the national college basketball tournament, known as “The Dance”. As I watched the announcements of which team is “in” and which teams are...

Protecting the Innocence of Children

Recently, ABC and CNN reported on a controversial fundraiser used by the Elwood Community School system of Elwood, Indiana. This unique fundraiser supported the drama club of the middle school. Apparently students in grades six through ten paid a few dollars to...

Never too Young to Start Caring

The Most Inspiring Person of 2009 (declared by Beliefnet.com) is a 12 year old young man from Tampa, Florida named Zach Bonner. “He was nominated for living his conviction that no one is ever too young to change the world. He was selected for his compassionate,...