By Katherine Scott Jones Last summer my husband and I toured Southeast Asia for the first time: 10 flights and five countries in 21 days. Along the way we sat at table with Muslims breaking Ramadan fast; squirmed through Vietnam’s claustrophobia-inducing Cu Chi tunnels; and were guided around Angkor Wat’s temples by a survivor of […]
By John Dorroh “Where are you taking the family for vacation?” I heard a friend ask his brother. “Disney World,” he replied. Fred stood there shaking his head from side to side as if to say, “That’s a terrible plan, Dan.” “Why? What’s wrong with Disney World?” Dan asked. Fred proceeded to help Dan analyze […]
By Karen O’Connor “Slow down. Take a deep breath. What’s the hurry? Why wear yourself out? Just what are you after anyway?” (Jeremiah 2:25, The Message). Do you need a break from your routine but money and time are tight this year? Maybe you have an extra workload or the kids are going to summer […]
By Nikki Hunt “I wish I could help you in outreach efforts, Nikki, but right now I can’t,” my widowed friend told me one afternoon. She apologized about how health, age, and schedule prevented her from volunteering with the outreach ministry of our church. She said visiting with neighbors, taking loved ones to the doctors, […]
By Simon Presland A quick search on Amazon shows that almost 140,000 books have been written on the topic of leadership with more on the subject coming out each year. Whether it’s a church, business, or home, an organization rises and falls with its leadership. When discussing leadership, we might think of words like authoritative, […]
