I was attending a conference at a retreat center in the Texas hill country and sharing a room with three other men. One night, my roommates kept me awake by a diverse symphony of snoring. After being awake for some time and not being able to fall back to sleep, I got up, grabbed an article I'd brought with me, and went outside ...

The most important thing I do each day is pray. I want to share a prayer with you that I pray every morning. Over the years, this prayer has changed as my understanding of God, my relationship with Him and my faith in Him have grown ...

During seminary, I took a course in cross-cultural leadership. My professor asked us to write a paper about our cultural identity journey - an autobiographical reflection on how our background had shaped the way we see the world and people from other cultural groups. As I set down to write, I assumed ...

A man walked into a bar in a foreign country one afternoon and walked out twelve hours later. As he climbed into the back seat of a cab, he suddenly realized he could not remember the name of his hotel or where it was. The cab driver turned to him and said ...

I was having lunch with an old friend. We had worked together years ago and had not seen each other in a long time. As we caught up, we spoke of blessings - family, work, friendships, the good gifts that God had poured into our lives. Eventually the conversation turned to hardships and struggles ...

My Dad was a physician. He was also a gardener. Growing up, I was surrounded by the beauty of flowers, all nurtured and cared for with love - each one planted properly in the right location with the right exposure to the sun, fertilized and watered, pruned and protected ...

Sometimes God uses unexpected moments to teach us eternal truths. I never thought I would encounter one of those lessons at a college track meet ...

"Hope is not a strategy." I've heard that phrase countless times. Maybe you have too - on the battlefield, in the boardroom, in sports huddles. And in those settings, the idea may have some merit. After all, we're taught that strategy requires clear objectives, measurable steps and disciplined execution - not wishful thinking. But in a world where Jesus Christ is Lord, hope is not just a sentiment. Hope is essential ...

When I was growing up in Houston, we had only three major television stations. There was no cable, no streaming, and the 24-hour cycle of programming we have today just didn't exist ...

I first noticed something was wrong when I looked down into my plate and saw large black worms crawling around in my French fries ...