Your car’s tires have a number for ideal inflation. Your body’s blood pressure, sugar, and cholesterol have ideal numbers. When I had...

A number of veteran IMB missionaries were given personality tests and then given four samples of print materials to evaluate. Since this...

Imagine a community with rampant drugs, teen pregnancy, and alcohol. Half the freshman classes never graduated high school. Unchurched...

The pastor from another state sat across the table from me. He saw no need for equipping mission trip team members in his church. He was...

My mother’s favorite story is from her childhood. It was about a little girl who needed new shoes, but foolishly spent her money on a...

Change just to change is bad, but change to make a difference for the cause of Christ is a very good thing. So, what’s the best way to...

When I led a Sunday School class for our church’s college students, I was astounded one Sunday when one long-time Christian and faithful...

Few people know that I majored in broadcasting in college and that my masters is in communications management. From time to time I dip...

After giving someone a nametag, a cup of joe and a donut, what more could they want from your small group?  But, then they turn to face a...

A local church invited me to be the “storyteller” at an evangelistic block party in a rural town. I had four sessions. In the first one,...

Many proclaim that everyone in their church is a missionary! Now you and every member in your church can be trained as missionaries. In...

Discussions of suicide have continued since meeting Matthew Sleeth, author of the Hope Always book. Just last weekend I was with Dane, my...

Birthday parties are always fun, but last weekend’s party ended up being a blessing for me and maybe for you, too. Peggy, my cousin,...