Essays

Yet

Sometimes in life the best gifts come in small packages. Whether it is a tiny gift envelope stuffed with cash or the tiny bundle of…

The peak-to-peak principle

Have you ever watched people make one bad decision after another? Do you know anyone who seems to have an inherent knack for poor decision-making,…

But I have prayed for you

In Luke 22:31, Jesus said to Simon Peter and the other disciples, “Satan has asked to sift you like wheat (other translations say that Satan…

Smile more

Do you smile much? Are you quick and generous in your smiling or are you a bit more cautious and reserved? I hope you are…

Wiser

There is an ancient proverb that says, “He who knows not and knows not that he knows not is a fool—shun him. He who knows…

Created not born

Psalm 102:18 says, “Let this be written for a future generation, that a people not yet created may praise the Lord.” Consider the word choice…

Life from the sidelines

Generally speaking the most important events in our lives do not happen in the limelight when all eyes are on us. They happen on the…

Very truly yours

In Winston Churchill’s The Second World War he disclosed numerous correspondences between himself and President Roosevelt, and in nearly all of his letters to the…