Tuesday, August 26, 2025
Actions speak louder than words … but words matter too. Before we had email and telephones, letters were the best way to communicate over long distances. In Paul’s time, there was no post office, regular mail, stamps, card shops, or stationery stores—not even street signs or house numbers! Handwritten letters were special, treasured communications from… Read more
Monday, August 25, 2025
“Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything you do … Remember that the Lord will give you an inheritance as your reward, and that the Master you are serving is Christ” (Colossians 3:22, 24). It’s one of the most controversial Bible passages for modern readers, and it was equally controversial for the earliest readers, but… Read more
Saturday, August 23, 2025
Clothes say a lot about us. At my high school, the clothes people wore were a giveaway for whether they were a band kid, theater kid, athlete, class officer, and so on. Grownups are no different. The clothes we wear are cues for the jobs we work, the events we attend, or the teams we… Read more
Friday, August 22, 2025
Everybody’s favorite football team knows the feeling—three seconds to go, down by two, and the kicker misses an easy field goal. “I can’t believe he missed that!” everyone laments. We say the same thing about ourselves all the time. We lose our temper, forget an assignment, miss a deadline, or return to an unhealthy habit… Read more