Don't Let Your Shortcomings Halt Your Dreams

In his book Bloodlines, John Piper writes:

One of the lessons I have learned in six and half decades of life is that very few dreams should go on hold ...

God's Patience with Our Failures

R. O. Blechman is one of the most famous illustrators in the world. In his recent book, Dear James: Letters to a Young Illustrator, he shares a series ...

A Lesson on Community from The Lord of the Rings

A lot has been said about the little brotherhood of hobbits tasked with saving Middle Earth in The Lord of The Rings trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien. Much of ...

Christina Ricci: Role Model?

In a recent Rolling Stone interview, co-star of Sleepy Hollow, Christina Ricci, a notably troubled teen actress who has continually struggled with her ...

Imperfect by Design

Have you ever noticed the pock-marks, or dimples, covering the surface of a golf ball? They make the ball look imperfect. So, what's their purpose? ...

Sin Management

We are managing our sin rather than repenting of our sin.

Flawed but Fruitful

A house servant had two large pots. One hung on each end of a pole that he carried across his neck. One of the pots had a crack in it. At the end of the ...

Overtaxing Ourselves

Few things in life are as inevitable as taxes. ... But taxes aren't limited to the funds we pay the government to keep itself running. Sometimes we ...

Self-Examination Is the Beginning of Wisdom

It is the beginning of wisdom to look within ourselves and search our own omissions and want of humanity.

A Society of Inadequacy

Deep down we have a sense of individual insecurity. Maxwell Maltz, who wrote Psycho-Cybernetics, estimates that 95 percent of people in our society have ...