By David Faust It’s not about the food. Wedding cake tastes delicious, but that’s not why you go to the ceremony and the reception. When salespeople take clients to lunch, the menu isn’t the point of the meeting. My wife makes scrumptious fruit cobbler, but eating is only part of the experience. The berries taste […]
By David Faust I don’t like to wait. In stores, slow-moving checkout lines test my patience. At work, lengthy meetings make me fidget. On the highway, traffic jams stress me out and so do red lights that take too long to turn green. Daily life is filled with delays and minor inconveniences, so I try […]
By David Faust Recently I talked with a young woman who visited our church at the invitation of her friend. She was curious about what it means to become a Christian, so I talked with her about Jesus. After explaining about his death on the cross, I said, “And three days later, he came back […]
By David Faust Hosea had it rough. God commanded him to marry a promiscuous woman. Sometime later, after she bore three children, Hosea’s wife, Gomer, reverted to her old ways and fell into the arms of another man. Now it was time for another difficult command. The Lord told Hosea, “Go, show your love to […]
By David Faust I am a list maker. I keep on my desk a list of current things to do. Every Friday afternoon I plan the week ahead and write down what I need to accomplish. Non-list makers shake their heads at such habits. To them a task list seems restrictive and legalistic, but those […]
