Following Christ without Limits

I have vivid memories as a kid of my father taking me to an auction sale, telling me, "Don't scratch your nose at the wrong time, son." ...

Power of Curiosity

In For the Time Being, Pulitzer Prize winning author Annie Dillard writes:

In Highland New Guinea, now Papua New Guinea, a British district officer named ...

Taking Risks

In an article on old-time pickup softball games—where seniors in Naperville, Illinois, gather twice weekly to test their skills against one another—writer ...

Runaway Courage

Harriet Tubman escaped from slavery in 1849. She immediately became involved in the abolitionist movement, organizing meetings, speaking against slavery, ...

Profitable Waste

The lottery promotes the interesting moral notion that if people are inclined to waste their money, the government should make it fun for them. And take ...

You Have to Take Risks

In order to be true to what I read in the Scripture, I have to take risks.

Fear Leads to the Flatlands

Fear doesn't want you to make the journey to the mountain. If he can rattle you enough, fear will persuade you to take your eyes off the peaks and ...

Risking Success

If a man is centered upon himself, the smallest risk is too great for him, because both success and failure can destroy him. If he is centered upon God, ...

Vision, or Just an Idea?

You don't have vision just because you have an idea. If you don't have risk, you probably just have an idea.

Leaving Our Shells Behind

From time to time, lobsters have to leave their shells in order to grow. They need the shell to protect them from being torn apart, yet when they grow, ...