by William Edge | Jan 19, 2024 | The Church and Culture
Frances Rockmore Velie told an inspiring story about four courageous Quaker women who demonstrated meekness when they took bold action in World War II. They were living in German-occupied Toulouse, France when they learned that eight hundred captured Jews were packed...
by William Edge | Dec 22, 2023 | The Church and Culture
I found one of the most insightful observations about time I have ever encountered in, of all places, a journal called Journal for Consumer Psychology. The gist of the article was this. Wasting time is terrible. As the researchers noted: You can replace the loss of a...
by William Edge | Dec 15, 2023 | The Church and Culture
I wrote this week on a different blogsite that people contemplate their New Year’s Resolutions. I want to address the resolution many Christians make each year: reading the Bible through in a calendar year. I suggest making this a goal instead of a resolution....
by William Edge | Dec 8, 2023 | The Church and Culture
I am concerned that one of the biggest problems in our culture today is the sin of envy. For example. If person A does not have the material possessions person B has, rather than rejoicing for person B or conceding that “what’s B’s is B’s,” person A engages in envy....
by William Edge | Dec 2, 2023 | The Church and Mental Illness
Now stand in the place where you workNow face westThink about the place where you liveWonder why you haven’t before–R.E.M. Leadership guru and family therapist Edwin Friedman wrote a fable about a row of dominoes arranged in a long line. The dominoes stand...
by William Edge | Nov 18, 2023 | The Church and Work
In college, I remember I loved listening to the great Irish preacher Jim McGuiggan teach.* Once, he told a group of us college students about a wicked and God-hating private in the British Army. One evening, a Christian in this private’s platoon returned to the...
by William Edge | Nov 4, 2023 | The Church and Mental Illness
America is mentally ill. I hate using that term. I prefer saying America is suffering from a brain illness. The term “mental illness” has assumed the status of stigma. Yet, my previous statement is literally true. One year before COVID-19 appeared on the scene, the...
by William Edge | Oct 27, 2023 | The Church and Culture
Suppose you are a church leader, minister, or ministry leader, and you find yourself in a situation fraught with tension. In that case, you might want to consider a question box. When structured well, a question box may earn you the trust and even the hearts of your...
by William Edge | Oct 20, 2023 | The Church and Work
According to a pre-pandemic Gallup poll, most adult Americans would spend most of their waking hours in the workplace before they reach retirement age. Covid motivated many people to work from home, but gradually we are returning to the workplace norm. If we are to...
by William Edge | Oct 13, 2023 | The Church and Culture
We’re in the middle of the baseball playoffs, and I can’t help but think of a story* I read about thirty years ago that offers a great lesson in viewing things from God’s perspective. Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson played a portion of one season for...
