by William Edge | Apr 20, 2024 | The Church and Culture
Sometimes, who you know makes all the difference. Entering my freshman year in high school, I was slated to be the quarterback for the freshman team. Meanwhile, another quarterback, a junior, was expected to be the junior varsity quarterback. But he had...
by William Edge | Apr 13, 2024 | Emotional Health, The Church and Mental Illness
Last week, I wrote about Jonathan Haidt’s new book, The Anxious Generation. This week, Dr. Mathilde Ross, a senior staff psychiatrist at Boston University, wrote an Op-ed in the New York Times about the anxious parents she deals with. Clearly, many young people...
by William Edge | Apr 6, 2024 | Emotional Health, The Church and Mental Illness
I heard an interview recently with Jonathan Haidt about kids. Two main thoughts struck me. The first: beginning in the 1990s, American parents became diligent about hovering over their kids to make sure they were not taken away by a predator or meeting some other...
by William Edge | Mar 29, 2024 | The Church and Culture
Sunday is Easter, and I have been thinking lately about one of the great passages regarding the resurrection. It is Hebrews 11. Now stay with me. Hebrews 11 reflects upon how Abraham honored God multiple times. Part of that focus is Abraham’s willingness to...
by William Edge | Mar 22, 2024 | The Church and Culture
I have found that in my lifetime, the most crucial factor determining people’s behavior is how they feel. I’m not saying I am glad about that, but that is what I have observed. This explains what is happening today in our political process. Many of our...
by William Edge | Mar 2, 2024 | The Church and Culture
God needs people. God needs people with strong hearts and backbones. God needs people with strong hearts and backbones to stand up for him. C. S. Lewis once wrote, “In a sort of ghastly simplicity we remove the organ and demand the function. We make men without...
by William Edge | Feb 24, 2024 | The Church and Mental Illness
The consensus these days is that the world is in a bad place. This is not the first time, nor will it be the last, unless Jesus returns before then. Lately, I have been tracking eras of upheaval and have arrived at a new hypothesis. It seems that more people than...
by William Edge | Feb 17, 2024 | The Church and Culture
The late biblical scholar Spiros Zodhiates told a story about the old Baptist preacher Peter Miller. Miller ministered in Ephrata, Pennsylvania, during the 1700s. During the Revolutionary War, a man lived near his church. This man engaged in personal attacks against...
by William Edge | Feb 10, 2024 | The Church and Work
Who will you serve in your work? We explore why Bob Dylan’s lyric matters, and look at who we serve in the workplace. Let’s find out! *** The legendary Bob Dylan once sang, “You’re gonna to have to serve somebody.” Well, that is true in the workplace. Someone is going...
by William Edge | Feb 3, 2024 | The Church and Culture
I liked Steve Ridgell’s book so much that I wrote an Amazon review without Steve even asking! I highly recommend WOUNDS INTO SCARS, and I occasionally give it away. Here’s the link to my review…...
