C. S. Lewis and the Abolition of Man

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...

“I Would Walk 70 Miles”

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...

Wounds Into Scars

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…...

What is Meekness?

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...

Another Year and the Passage of Time

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...