Morning Briefings

Truth is reality--things as they really happened, not as they get remade or reinvented. In our last Morning Briefing, I said we have one...

On our calendar we find ourselves between Christmas and Easter--between celebrating the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem and the crucifixion...

But first, the bad news. For years, I sat beside him in church staff meetings, served alongside him in church services, prayed with him,...

The best experience I have had in church has been at Brooklyn Tabernacle in New York. Why? Well, how about I take you by the hand and...

We left the building when they said we could not gather, but so many of us have not gone back. Truth be told - many God-fearing,...

The other day I heard a loud squawking fit and quickly ran to the kitchen window to see if my hens were in peril. You see, just a few...

Have you ever entered a race, a rigorous competition, and won? Oh how sweet the taste of victory, such unparalleled satisfaction. In...

Driving north on a country road, my boy mentioned a required class on happiness that he took in his last semester of college in Boston. ...

What happens when we die? What comes after our last breath? Surely there is a dividing line between now and forever . . . Your...

What defines you? Hmmm. . . How do you describe yourself? Not your roles, but you. Hmmm. . . Identity. We opened the door and ushered...

At the gym this morning, about mile nine on the bicycle, my new friend Isaiah jumped on the bike next to me. A pleasant...