[This old article seemed worth resurrecting for today. Businesses are shorthanded, have inexperienced workers, have supply-chain issues … Customers/Clients (maybe having their own troubles) can all too easily lose patience.…
Tag: Christian life
Trained Controversialists
The following quote is reflecting a situation from many, many years ago—and in another part of the world. But it struck me as resembling, just a bit too closely, our…
The Dragon Slayer
Immediately following 9/11/2001, some “let’s stick together, America” talk had emphasized that religious people should give up divisive “traditions”—the idea being that all views of God were equal. And so…
Hero or Impostor?
It was 1980. Our children were ages 7, 4, and 1. One morning the 4-year-old was pestering the other two terribly. Finally, I’d had enough. I grabbed him firmly by…
Jeremiah’s 4S Strategy
It seems increasingly important to ramp up efforts to equip kids/youth to be spiritually strong, so we adults need to reevaluate our confidence in our own spiritual foundation. That includes…