The Chairmen of the Word, and World: Lausanne Conference on World Evangelization, 1974 Please pardon my submitting a book review for today’s post. I happen

Several members of my congregation are in the midst of a three day training, learning to become facilitators of restorative practices and cultivators of a

Years ago I had a page-a-day calendar that featured each day a quote from some semi-famous person or another.  I can’t remember to whom this

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Refugees. It’s a term that strikes fear in the hearts of some, and compassion in the hearts of others. After World War II, the United

I call it correction fatigue. Correction fatigue strikes when you are in the middle of grading students’ papers and you come to a paper that

  A full rack of ribs, with beans and slaw, will cost you twenty bucks at Buffalo Chip Saloon and Bar, Cave Creek, AZ. Sounds

When my wife and I found out last December that we were having a boy, we were thrilled. Admittedly we were hoping for a girl,

Whenever I read biographies of writers (which, given my job as an English professor, is probably more often than the national average), I’m always interested