<Listen> Of course we are nearing the end of the age. Jesus seemed pretty frustrated at his contemporaries’ refusal to understand their times. “Fools,” he called them. Because knowing your moment matters. Knowing where you are in the story is critical for your survival. Every moment is not like another. Living at the beginning of the Lord of the Rings is …
You Get One Life – Steward It Well by Vicki Tiedi*
I only get one life. Newsflash! You also only get one life! I believe that each day God gives me is a gift, and I am responsible for stewarding it well. For thirty years, however, all evidence pointed out that the opposite was true. I was a slave to bad habits, which put me on a slippery slope toward …
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Six Reasons to Live More Simply—and Give More Generously–Randy Alcorn
Someone has said, “Live simply that others may simply live.” Of course, there is no automatic relationship between my simple living and someone else being rescued from starvation or reached with the gospel. There is only a relationship if I, in fact, use the resources I have freed up to feed the hungry and reach …
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5 Lessons Learned by the Boy with Five Loaves and Two Fish*
You may be familiar with the story. In John 6:1-15, we find Jesus and his disciples watching a crowd that had been following Jesus come toward them. Jesus asks his disciple, Philip, where he thought they could buy bread for the crowd, for the crowd had not eaten in a while. Philip stated the impossibility …
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Compassion Is Passion With A Heart*
Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about a contest he had been asked to judge. The purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child. The winner was a four-year-old child whose next-door neighbor was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife. Upon seeing the man cry, the little boy …
Here’s how to maximize your healthy years in retirement. Eat right and exercise.
Here's how to maximize your healthy years in retirement (Barron's via Fidelity). "For most of us, whether we get 75 or 85 or 95 healthy years is affected more by lifestyle choices than by genes. It's not really that complicated, eat right and moderate, exercise regularly, sleep/rest, keep positive/be resilient. And, have a daily intake of …
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How Do You Protect Your Rest and Sabbath Time?*
*Lausanne Movement staff members from around the world share how they protect their rest and sabbath time on a daily, weekly, and seasonal basis. From Pakistan to Hungary, Kenya to the US, Sabbath and rest don’t come easily for most of us. We are busy leaders and ordinary people, living through times of crisis and …
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The Myth of God-Drivenness
By Dr. Scott Rodin What do people get for all the toil and anxious striving with which they labor under the sun? All their days their work is grief and pain; even at night their minds do not rest. This too is meaningless. A person can do nothing better than to eat and drink and find …
The Danger of Wealth*
Time and time again, we read in the Scriptures that wealth and riches are deceptive and dangerous. Jesus even goes as far as to say, "It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God." The Bible overwhelmingly conveys that …
Putting Our Hope in God’s Ownership and Provision in Times of Financial Worry by Randy Alcorn*
Photo by Patrick Hendry on Unsplash Many people, including many readers of this blog, are facing some level of financial uncertainty right now. These are challenging times, and you may find yourself worrying, and wondering what the future might hold. I believe one of the best things we can do to find encouragement and perspective …
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