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It seems Christmas is the season of questions. What will we buy for friends and family members who have everything? Which relatives will we visit and when? What cookies will we bake (and when will we have time)? Where will we hold the office Christmas party? What will we say...

It is not just our government that is heading for a fiscal cliff.  When it comes to money we all stand on the precipice in one form or another.  And our rescuer, the salvation of our national and personal plight is right in front of us. Consider this.  Today millions...

Soul care is as much a matter of the mind as it is a matter of the heart.  Nothing gains access to our hearts before first being given entrance through our minds.  Fear, anxiety, despair, anger, bitterness, jealousy, and hate all start in our minds and find their ways to...

Imagine the following scene.  You take your car into a repair shop because it is not running well.  After a thorough check your mechanic tells you that your engine is damaged and will need a complete overhaul, which will be expensive and take a great deal of time.  You respond...

Last Saturday I enjoyed one of my favorite events of the year; the annual Christmas tree hunt.  We are fortunate to have a great tree farm about 30 minutes away.  The owners go all out to make it a family experience, including rides in a hay truck out to the...

I just took a long walk on a crisp autumn morning and thought through all of the blessings in my life.  I ran out of walk before I ran out of thanks.  For many of us, giving thanks this week will be as easy as having a second piece of...

I am yielding my blog today to my friend Jon Lewis. He recently wrote the following letter to NPR regarding a segment on the responses to the affair and resignation of General Petraeus. His words are important and timely for us as believers who hold to a different model of...

I was recently completing an on-line survey produced by a major US university (name not important) when I came to a page that stopped me short.  It was simply titled, ‘Gender’. What caused a double-take was the answer options – Male, Female, Other.  Other? I looked again, wondering if this...