For 15 years I traveled with a team to Vandalia, Missouri, every Monday night. The 150-mile round trip took us past thousands of acres of farmland each week. A lifelong city boy, I was fascinated by the seasonal changes. I watched farmers preparing the fields for planting, sowing the seeds, tending to the growing plants, […]
One of my favorite places on the planet is a tranquil, quiet cove on the north shore of the Sea of Galilee. It’s a serene place of natural beauty, a sacred spot for worship and contemplation. It’s the site of the Church of the Primacy of Peter at Tabgha. And it’s my favorite place because […]
King Solomon wrote, “Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm” (Proverbs 13:20). But how, exactly, do we do that? How do we learn wisdom from walking with wise people? One of the best ways to learn from the wise is to search out examples of wisdom in the […]
“If I could teach this tough course, it would look so good on my curriculum vitae.” As preparations started for each new semester, the nursing faculty scrambled for teaching assignments. It was heady to be chosen for a course known for its academic content. No one publicly announced they were the more “academic” faculty member, […]
“If your church vanished tomorrow, would anyone notice? Would anyone care?” Those were the questions posed to our small ministry team years ago at a local ministry conference in Cincinnati, Ohio. There were probably a hundred people in the room that day, but I felt like Rick Rusaw was speaking straight into my soul. Rusaw, […]
