Honest Feedback Restores a Leader

Bob Merritt, pastor of the Eagle Brook Church in Minnesota, writes movingly about what he called his "ministry meltdown" (although his "meltdown" ...

Nobel Prize Winner Says Humans Don't Think Well

He's a very smart man who knows a lot about human intelligence. He's a brilliant psychologist and a Nobel-prize winning economist. Early in his ...

78-year-old Christian Leader Renews His Commitment to Christ

Soon after the publication of John Stott's 1971 revised edition of Basic Christian, he received a letter that read:

Dear John,

Thank you for writing ...

African Pastor Models Christ-like Leadership

Ramez Attalah, general director at The Bible Society of Egypt, attended an international conference (the Lausanne Conference) for Christian leaders in ...

Worshipping with People We Didn't Hand-Pick

Writer and NPR commentator Heather King, a recovering alcoholic who has come to faith in Christ, reflected on her initial experience with the church:

My ...

Spiritually Speaking, We Were All Outcasts

When a Christian sees prostitutes, alcoholics, prisoners, drug addicts, unwed mothers, the homeless, refugees, he knows that he is looking in a mirror. ...

A Lesson on True Success from 'Charlotte's Web'

In his book Xealots, Dave Gibbons reflects on the nature of true success as a leader:

Charlotte's Web is a wonderful little children's story by ...

Humility Tears Down the Fortress of Pride

Ego builds a cardboard fortress that humility must, every day, tear down.

Salesman Tries to Help Inventor Understand His Own Invention

In 1969, in a science lab in New Jersey, Canadian physicist Willard Boyle and his colleagues invented the concept of an electronic eye. Using their knowledge ...

Family Relationships Show a Scientist His Need for God

Rebecca Pippert relates a story about a famous physicist who confided in her and said:

I'm a scientist, you know, a rational person. I've never ...