Big Numbers It’s hard to understand the utility of one when we are used to really big numbers. Katy Perry has over 52,000,000 Twitter followers. Last year Oprah Winfrey made over $77,000,000. The U.S. national debt is $17,571,336,985,313.33. In our world, 1,400,000,000 people live in poverty, 842,000,000 live in hungry, and 35,000,000 live with HIV/AIDS. […]
The Mystery of a Calling Have you found your calling in life? Have you found that one thing you were made to do? Finding your calling can feel like a mystery. You believe it is possible, but it rarely seems to happen. It is easier to earn a degree than it is to discover your […]
This past Monday World Vision announced through Christianity Today that they were making an organization policy change to permit the hiring of openly gay individuals who are legally married. As you can imagine, people have had all kinds of reactions this week. Those who disagree with this move, have been vocal in their condemnation of […]
What We Expected When I was an orthopedic surgery resident most nights were long and hard. After showing up at work as early as 5am, we would then spend the entire night at the hospital working. It was rare that a night was quiet. It was rare that you were able to sleep enough to feel […]
I. I made the same right turn I do every day. And then down the small hill and another right turn. It is a path the car knows well. Meandering down the gravel driveway, I could hear what remained of the ice crunching underneath the tires. The sounds of confession. The ice would not be […]
Even if you have never seen Schindler’s List, you know how the story goes. Nazi Germany takes over Europe. Jews are detained and placed in camps. Forced to labor. Starved. Executed. Within the larger, devastating story lives a smaller one. A better story. A story that shines like a beacon of hope in one of the […]
Everyone knows the ingredients to a fairy tale life. The perfect marriage. Beautiful children. Encouraging friends. Financial security. One couple didn’t stop with the basics. They decided to include the castle. A Place to Call Their Own After a tour of ancient Europe in 1968, Rex and Caroline Martin developed a new plan when they arrived home. […]
You aren’t where you want to be because something has prevented you from it. You aren’t who you want to become because every time you try something gets in your way. You don’t do the things you want to do and you do things you don’t want because there is some obstacle you can’t overcome. […]
At some point you have been told you can do whatever you set your mind to. Maybe it was a high school guidance counselor. Maybe your parents. Maybe a youth pastor. Maybe a coach. Or maybe by a motivational speaker that you only agreed to listen to because a friend goaded you into it or […]
Today is January 13, 2014. A month ago, this very day was a viewed as a burden. A deadline. A day that was coming too soon. A month ago, we were anxious. Uncertain. We were calling anybody that we could. Not always finding a listening ear. We still needed so much to happen. We needed […]
