On Suffering and Time

The tragic events of the past week painfully remind us that we live in a broken world and that suffering is an all too common recurrence. This is nothing new. From the beginning, the instigator of suffering, the devil, “prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking...
Be Careful Who You Follow

Be Careful Who You Follow

This is paraphrased from Leonard Sweet’s book, I Am a Follower, so I take no credit: A man was on his way to Morgantown, West Virginia during a snowstorm and decided to stop at a shopping mall just before closing time to pick up some needed supplies. The snow was...

The Virtue of Slowing Down

I often drive ten mph faster than I should in an effort to shave a mere five minutes off my commute. Is it really worth the stress? Have so-called labor saving devices (car, computer, iPhone) actually given us more margin in our schedules, or are we now busier than...