Short Reads

Are you curious about what really goes on in heaven? Many people are. Just this week, my wife looked at the framed pictures of my parents and her parents (all four deceased) and asked, “Do you think they’re in touch with each other now? Heaven has millions of people;...

Did you grow up with a mom or a dad who, if you got out of line, could stop you in your tracks without saying a word? I certainly did. If I was doing or saying something inappropriate (especially in front of other people), a cold stare would let me know I had better...

By the time twenty-two-year-old Eva Eber showed up in the pastor’s office, her life story was already book length….… Read more »

No one thought it odd but me—the tall American waiting in the gathering dusk outside the railway station in Trivandrum, India….… Read more »

For kids in Sunday school, the offering process is pretty simple…. For grown-ups, things get sophisticated….… Read more »

I confess I’m mystified these days by an odd crossover of opinion: more and more Christians seem to be trying to make ethical room for drinking … while at the same time secular authorities are warning and worrying about this … Read more »

Notebooks and pencils and gym sox—that’s the least of it. Physical preparation for a new school year is only half the job….… Read more »

Leadership involves more than just making noise….… Read more »

Why is it that what once flowed so automatically in a courtship ends up slowing to a trickle? …… Read more »