The bright summer sun was casting its long golden beams through a canopy of trees onto a group of children, playing in a nearby park. As they ran through a clearing they happened upon a strange man who was standing still in the middle of a single shaft of light. In...
My grandson can run a mile while looking backward. I don’t know why he wants to do such a thing but perhaps he’s preparing for leadership. By Steve Greene Leaders look back for basically two reasons. First, a leader may want to remember better days or...
America has been in mourning for days. We’ve cried for the 49 victims of the senseless Orlando shooting. We’ve prayed for the families and friends of the innocent people who died in the Pulse nightclub, and the 53 others who were wounded in the massacre....
There are moments in life that have the propensity to either bring out the best in a person or the very worst in a person. By Carol McLeod One of the “revealers” in life and in ministry is stress. Dealing with stress can either reveal the junk in a...
I’ve spent the past week sitting by my father’s bed in a hospital in Georgia. He fell while doing yard work (no 89-year-old man should be trimming weeds) and he hit his head on the concrete walkway behind his house. He has a fractured rib, 12 stitches in...
