Forgiveness: The Obvious Solution

In The Essential Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson, the cartoon character Calvin says to his tiger friend, Hobbes, "I feel bad that I called Susie ...

Dealing with Difficult People

Coping with difficult people is always a problem, especially if the difficult person happens to be yourself.

The Battle for the Soul

The soul is the place where man's supreme and final battles are fought.

The Trouble with Conflicting Expectations

Conflicting expectations are like a tight shoe. They begin with a pinch, but if left unattended, they soon become painfully tender to the slightest touch. ...

Free Gift of Love

Love is ... a free gift. ... And it is most itself, most free when it is offered in spite of suffering, of injustice, and of death.

Serving the Other Side

The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported that firefighters in Genoa, Texas, were accused of deliberately setting more than forty destructive fires. When ...

No Ideal Church

Anyone can love the ideal church. The challenge is to love the real church.

A Guard Against Pride

It is good that we at times endure opposition, and that we are evilly and untruly judged, when our actions and intentions are good. Often such experiences ...

Not My Fault

When someone opposes us, it's all too easy to consider that person the evil one.

The Top 10 "Last Words in Your Church"

Pastoral lines you may not be around long enough to regret

Sometimes words have to be eaten. Other times, they turn out to have teeth that bite. From an ...