Michael Fortino is a time-management specialist. He is one of those capable individuals who analyze businesses and tells management how to be more productive, balanced, and efficient, but Fortino has changed his mind about some things. In the 1980s the personal...
In one of his plays, William Shakespeare wrote, "There is a divinity that shapes our ends, rough hew them how we will." What the great poet of England was saying is that the hand of God guides us, and, at times, His guidance overrides the human will. Today many would...
Suppose you had awakened at the stroke of 12:01 a.m. on January 1, and there, standing before you, was an individual in shining clothing which you immediately recognized as an angel, and you then heard these words: “The Lord himself goes before you and will be with...
Theology is the study of God, but in the street use of the word, your theology is what you believe about God. Historically, the Church has based its theology upon the written Word of God, the Bible, with tradition affirming the position which godly men and women have...
What a world! Surprises! This year, for a lot of us, surprises were not limited to reading about changing world events. For some of you, surprises were not always welcomed. A position opened up in your company, and you expressed an interest in it. But when your boss...
What a world! Surprises! This year, for a lot of us, surprises were not limited to reading about changing world events. For some of you, surprises were not always welcomed. A position opened up in your company, and you expressed an interest in it. But when your boss...
When the 21-year-old spacecraft, Columbia, disintegrated on its re-entry into Earth's atmosphere on February 1, 2003, a new pantheon of heroes was born—men and women who knew the risks they were taking yet chose to take that chance. With that understanding of the...
What do you do when you are afraid? That is the question that Andrew Brunson asks. Brunson is a soft-spoken man with a kind-looking face. He is also a man that knows something about fear. Brunson is an American pastor who was unjustly imprisoned by the Turkish...
A good marriage has a lot of things in common, while unhappy marriages are as different in as many ways as there are unhappy people married to each other. Yet the factors which make for either being happy or unhappy are often far more predictable than most folks...
God works in and through the difficulties and problems that confront you in ways that you seldom see except in retrospect. That's when you look back and say, "Ah, now I can see the hand of God leading, guiding, and protecting me; but I certainly didn't see it at the...