Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. Voltaire. You shall know the truth and the truth shall set you...

On the surface of things, it appears simple enough right?  Women can’t teach or have authority over men.  Done. On the other hand.  The...

Born in Germany and educated both there and at Oxford, Delmer was uniquely qualified to have a foot in both German and British culture, a...

This stuff has value. This stuff has limited value. It has value because everyone could use a motivational shot in the arm, a reminder...

I wrote it out on an index card and put it in my pocket.  It served me well during those tumultuous days, when I was feeling socially...

Do you remember eighth grade geometry, and the subject of axioms?  An axiom is “a statement or proposition that is regarded as being...

NOTE:   This is from a chapter entitled, “Exposure”.  I deal with the deadly life shrinking nature of fear in this post.   Sorry it’s...

“And in His name all oppression shall cease…” These were the lyrics coming from the speakers yesterday afternoon when I discovered...

Is self denial a burden? In the coming days, I offer some thoughts from my devotions in Jeremiah.  It’s been too long since I’ve written,...

What is reserve capacity and how is it developed?  Read on: “If you have raced with men on foot and they have worn you out, how can you...

That’s because I live in a different world.  I live in a world where I know more and more people who are coming out of closet; they’re...

In two weeks I’ll be home, preparing to meet people in the church I lead who I haven’t seen in nearly three months.  Their priceless gift...

Will you still be using your gifts at 83 like Fred Beckey is here? I hope so. My predecessor at the church I lead in Seattle served that...

deadliest day, in the deadliest year, of Everest mountaineering history.  One of the heroic stories of that day was the actions of Ed...