Recently a Christian man, who has spent 35 years in corporate America, confided in me. He shared that of the hundreds of co-workers he’d labored alongside—in different industries, at different firms—there have been fewer than 20 that he trusted. In the last eight months, two college graduates told me that soon after walking into corporate...
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Sitting in a course at Regent College, I remember hearing the amusing story of the heated “signboard debates” between a Catholic church and a Presbyterian church located across from one another. One day, likely to comfort a mourner who had just lost a beloved dog, the Catholic church posted a sign that read: “All dogs...
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My college roommate taught himself to code before social media made it look cool. By nineteen, he was a full-time independent contractor, running a business from what used to be our porch and was now a high-functioning tech cave. One afternoon, he emerged with computer-glossed eyes and asked me a question I wish I had...
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As theologically mature as we are professionally competent. These words and the vision that brings them into being have been threading their way through my life for years. Do we want to be? Could we be? How is it possible to be? I first heard them from James Houston, founder of Regent College who left...
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As much as we think of ourselves as self-made men and women, we are significantly shaped by forces outside of our control, both forces inside of us and forces outside of us. This is especially true when we begin to get into the practical things of life. For example, consider sex and sexuality. Most of...
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Right after graduating from seminary, I served as a director of children’s ministry in a local church. There, I met a deacon who became a good friend in my life. He and his family loved and served the Lord by pouring out their time and lives to support the ministry of the church. The deacon...
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