Throughout July we’re taking an in-depth look at Proverbs, the Bible’s one-of-a-kind book about our never-ending need for wisdom. In his book Called to Lead, Dan Allender recounts the time that he, his wife, and their 10-year-old son Andrew traveled to Montana, where he was speaking at a conference. Having been inspired by the father-son connections in the movie A… Read more »
Blogger Steve Goodier recently recounted an anecdote from the earliest days of international air travel. In the 1930’s, Britain’s Imperial Airways pioneered flights from England all the way to the Pacific. Unfortunately, the company’s fleet of underpowered and undersized aircraft had to make many stops in between. One of the tongue-in-cheek expressions of the day, “If you have time to… Read more »
Throughout Lent, we’re exploring the parables of Jesus – the two dozen or so stories that were his chief means of describing the reality of God’s rule on earth. When Carole King sang “I feel the earth move under my feet” back in 1971, she was half right. Earth’s crust is certainly moving. But it’s plugging along so slowly that… Read more »
Throughout Lent, we’re exploring the parables of Jesus – the two dozen or so stories that were his chief means of describing the reality of God’s rule on earth. Big things have small beginnings. We may think we need to have Warren Buffet’s checkbook, some fancy letters after our name, and the Purdue marching band on retainer in order to… Read more »