One of the men I’ve been praying for this year posted on social media how lucky he had been. He was trying to be upbeat, but listed over...

In Matthew 15:11, Jesus said, “It is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth; this defiles a...

The pastor of a CABA church said that he always printed out copies of his emails to give to church members who don’t have computers. My...

My Facebook account was hacked last Fall. I lost complete control. The hacker then turned into a scammer and posted several items for...

Tod Bolsinger, author of Canoeing the Mountains , said that when he was out jogging, he violated every rule when he encountered a black...

The chairman of deacons of a once-large church in another state sought my input on his new plan. The church used to run 900+ and was now...

Smells start each fall with pumpkin-spice lattes, fresh-baked apple pies at Thanksgiving, and we’re now in homes filled with the scent of...

In 1950, a woman returned to Cincinnati from vacationing in Milan, Italy. Traveling in her luggage was a little lizard. And for some...

Firemen are awesome first-responders. They run toward the action. And when they arrive, they know what to do and how to do it. Here are...

A family friend is third generation Hong Kong Chinese. She is as American as my daughter. Although her race is Chinese-American, I would...

It used to be that if the International Mission Board had one missionary unit enter a country, then the whole country was colored in on...

Preventing embezzlement starts with the pastor. Yes, that’s a little extreme, but pastors are the leaders that bring change. They are the...

After living in nine cities, I found that Richmond, Va., had the best city planning by far. Before a new neighborhood or apartment...

Way back in the 1980s, the IMB gave each missionary a quota of how many gospel tracts they needed to distribute each month. And by the...

If we’re making disciples like Jesus did, then there’s a different paradigm at work. It all starts with you, the leader as you gather...

Running backs in football have an amazing knack for finding a hole in the line just wide enough to sprint through. And once they pop...

Community engagement is our theme this year. In order to be intentional, it often requires that we learn from our history in order to...

Years ago I subscribed to a magazine called Mental Floss. Today it is an online publication. As I was looking through it, I was astounded...

This is a call for CABA church leaders to re-think their community as a mission field. Our theme for this coming year starting next month...

How people learn is important. How they progress toward belief and action is more important. A white-haired man was introduced to me...