I remember a song by Bob Dylan, and yes, I’m a fan, called Political World. Its a world of strife and maneuvering to secure your slice of the pie. It’s a fixed-pie-thinking world in which your success equals my failure.…

Sometimes the pathway to your promised land takes you down into the valley. You may even need to pitch your tent there sometimes until its precious lessons are learned. We’re told that even Jesus, “though he were a Son, yet…

A guest post by my good friend, Koos Stenger Springtime is here again. That most wonderful of all seasons when the death of winter has been overcome. New life springs forth in great abundance, ultimately culminating in the celebration of…

A key component of the creative life is a willingness to change direction. I’m not talking about flip-flopping and running in indecisive circles, rather the readiness to assess the situation and make changes as required. An idea doesn’t work out.…

Rejection sucks! The sting of not being wanted. The smart of being misunderstood. Continuing our walk through Genesis 26, we find that Isaac not only faced famined circumstances, pushback from his contemporaries, and his own fair share of inward struggles.…