Who are we Following?

I remember going on a mission trip to Mississippi that involved our team driving through Kansas City. We had four or five vehicles in our caravan, and my vehicle was near the front. There was a fair amount of traffic, and I was not very focused on keeping all of our...

Are You Teachable?

Growing up school was pretty easy for me. Most subjects came naturally, and I could breeze through with minimal effort. Math, however, was a massive exception. No matter how much I tried math always seemed completely incompressible (especially when random letters and...

Unqualified

Dwight Moody was born in Massachusetts in 1837 to an extremely poor family. His father died when he was little, leaving his mother to support a large family. Having no other recourse, his mother sent him off at a young age to work for his food, housing, and education....

Seeing and Acting with Clarity

My wife tells the story of getting her first pair of glasses when she was a kid. She didn’t understand why her parents and optometrist thought she needed them, as she had always seen everything perfectly fine. The optometrist was located in a mall, and upon...

True Humility

Sometimes it seems as if every victorious athlete gives the same response to the sideline reporter: the other team played great, I could not have done it without my teammates, a huge thanks to my coach, and all the credit to God. All really great responses (although...