The Inside Man

It pays to know someone on the inside. Years ago, I interviewed with the CIA. (Shhh… Don’t tell anyone, or I’ll have to, well, you know.) When I arrived at CIA headquarters, I encountered a litany of security measures designed to keep the general...

A Withered Life

Your shortcomings are not the hurdles to keep you from God. They are the vehicle to get you to him. Did you ever imagine that the very worst parts of your life were the parts that God wants the most? Again he entered the synagogue, and a man was there with a withered...

Someday or Today?

In our community group last week, one of our members made the honest confession: “When I was younger, I thought, ‘When I get into college, I’ll focus on my relationship with God.’ And then, ‘When I get out of school, I’ll get...

Please Don’t Send Me to Africa

Please Don’t Send Me to Africa was the title of a song we sang in church youth choir. The tongue-in-cheek parody was an honest expression of many believers’ attitudes toward missions: I’ll serve you here in suburbia with my comfortable middle-class...