The equivalent of 5 jumbo jets worth of women die in labor each day… life time risk of maternal death is 1,000x higher in a poor country...

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

Here’s a free chapter for all those folks you know in your lives who have walked the road of success for a bit of distance and are both...

You are God’s uniquely handcrafted beautiful creation.  You have gifts to bring to our darkening and weary world, and that means you...

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...

It was a low point for me in my seminary career. “If he’s right, I’m finished” I remember thinking to myself.  I’d later, in a...

this video (or the print version of the article) reveals a trend in the United States whereby a larger and larger percentage of the...

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...

The touchdown pass in overtime yesterday shook the city.  Literally.  The stadium was equipped with earthquake censors for some tests,...

“Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might…”  The Preacher in Ecclesiastes I’m sure you’ve been there.  You want...

The sad truth is that, even by their own admission, politicians and the machinery that work so hard to get them elected, had no interest...

Mars Hill church community in Seattle may create questions and/or pain for Christ followers in both Seattle and beyond.  But churches...

Failure isn’t really the main problem in this world.  There are remedies for failures, and often clear steps to take so that in the wake...

just to be loved… can it be enough? My previous post offered the first two of five essential values for leaders to nurture and develop if...

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...

In just a few short days, my wife and I will be off to Europe where we’ll trek through the Alps, fully expecting to find the fingerprints...

The training of the body of is vital for people like us, who have spent most of our waking hours during adulthood sitting in chairs.  ...

The Achilles story is appropriate  because this tendon seems the bane of countless athletes.   Anatomy for Runners tells the story of a...

gotta kill the power play It’s been over week now since World Vision acted, the Evangelical world reacted, and hundreds of us wrote about...

this article reminds me that it makes sense to think about values.  Here are some values that need adjusting… more or less. More...