First person: Forgotten gifts of Christmas
December 14, 2025
Most have heard the ancient proverb, “Familiarity breeds contempt.”
Lass Words: Clear vision in a ‘fuzzy’ world
December 13, 2025
I recently ordered a new pair of glasses. The kind where the lenses gradually transition from distance vision to bifocals as you scan down to the bottom of the lens.
Lass Words: Evidence that God is not done with you
December 11, 2025
As a child and as a teenager, I have vivid memories of my parents taking me along on various vacations and trips.
First person: What I’d do differently as a pastor during Christmas
December 10, 2025
It’s December, and the Christmas season is upon us. As I look back on my years as a senior pastor, I think of things I would do differently during this season today if I were again a senior leader in a church.
First person: The moral crisis and how conduct grows out of relationship with Christ
December 9, 2025
America is afflicted with a moral crisis. Crime is the No. 1 crisis. Morality has limped along on crutches. We are victims of the disease of change (previously called future shock).
First person: Cancer strengthened my trust in God
December 8, 2025
My family and I went to serve with the International Mission Board in Portugal in 2017. Like many of my friends on the mission field, I felt the IMB knew me better than I did following a slew of medical exams.
First person: Trusting God — even when the decision is painful, costly
December 4, 2025
Do you trust me? That was the question I heard from one of my sons as he, through a sly grin, begged me to sit down.
First person: The best Christmas article ever?
December 3, 2025
Rarely, however, does a new movie come along that you instantly expect to enjoy from now on. Last Christmas, however, with the theatrical release of The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, I knew immediately we would share it as a family annually.
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