Following the Leader's Heart

An Olympic equestrian champion was asked, "How does your horse know when it has to leap the hedges and hurdles, and why do some horses turn away or stumble?" ...

Jesus Understands Our Pain

Author and speaker Jill Briscoe recalls:

In Croatia I was asked to speak to a church gathering for about 200 newly arrived refugees. Refugees from this ...

Ministers Are a Flame of Fire

God makes his ministers a flame of fire.

Am I ignitable?

God, deliver me from the dread asbestos of "other things."

Saturate me with the oil of thy Spirit ...

Rummaging In a Barrel

This story is told about Abraham Lincoln: He was out at the back of his store one day rummaging through an old barrel. He was done rummaging when he reached ...

Insight Greater than Experience

A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience.

Language as Art

Most of us would hesitate to call the kind of writing we do "art." ... There are indeed times, indeed most times are these, when we do use language ...

Uninspiring Mediocrity

Half-heartedness and mediocrity don't inspire anybody to do anything.