To Parents: College Students Home for Christmas?
Back in fall 1992 when I was a college freshman, I remember anticipating that first Christmas holiday break with excitement as well as dread. On the one hand, I couldn’t wait for the semester to be over, for exams to be over, for the stress of the academics to be over—at least until the new…
How To Become Resilient
Resiliency is a building block toward a positive outlook on life and work. It is a lot like having insurance: if you wait until you actually need it before you acquire it then you have waited too late. Resiliency, or “grit” as it is often called, is a fundamental characteristic to develop for one to…
A Beautiful, Powerful, and Unlimited Church
“There is one body and one Spirit- just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call- one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.” Ephesians 4:4-6 (ESV) God’s global church is not something I had given…