Ron Rose reflects on the movie "The Bucket List" and a man who gave his life for his friend in Iraq and challenges us to thank our friends like that and to be a friend like that.
03/29/2008 by Ron Rose
Rubel Shelly shares his feelings and insights into civility and free speech in politics, sports, and real life.
03/27/2008 by Rubel Shelly
Rubel Shelly tells how a famous author fabricated her tale as a Holocaust survivor and then reminds us that this lie diminishes the truth of the Holocaust, and we diminish the truth of Jesus by living in ways which contradict what we say we believe.
03/20/2008 by Rubel Shelly
Rubel Shelly talks about how Joshua Bell, a famous violin virtuoso played in a busy place and was ignored and uses this to remind us how much we miss in life because we are not listening.
03/13/2008 by Rubel Shelly
Rubel Shelly writes about the daily self-discipline of writing that author John Grisham displays and is the secret to his success.
03/04/2008 by Rubel Shelly
Rubel Shelly talks about finding our way when we are trapped in darkness: look for Jesus to light the way.
02/26/2008 by Rubel Shelly
Bill Sherrill challenges us to go beyond simply believing in God to believing God and doing what he says, which is true faith.
02/16/2008 by Bill Sherrill
Rubel Shelly reminds us that while we may not know Britney Spears, we do know someone like her and we need to ask if we are willing to be a friend to these people?
02/12/2008 by Rubel Shelly
Rubel Shelly confronts our tendency to make excuses for our sins, mistakes, and errors and then try to use softer words to make them not seem so bad.
02/05/2008 by Rubel Shelly
Rubel Shelly reminds us that so much of what the world sees in us is unhappy and dour, but Jesus was involved in life, joy, and friendship to show that it is the direction of our lives and not necessarily the acts themselves that make things holy or unhol
01/29/2008 by Rubel Shelly
Patrick Odum challenges us to get rid of the clutter in our lives and our churches just like Jesus challenged the people of his day.
01/19/2008 by Patrick D. Odum
Rubel Shelly talks about Starbucks and their emphasis on customer service and how we need to emulate their desire to greet help others.
01/15/2008 by Rubel Shelly
Russ Lawson reminds us that we are imperfect, that we make mistakes, and that God forgives those mistakes and makes us perfect in his sight if we will try to live for him.
01/12/2008 by Russ Lawson
Rubel Shelly shares a prayer for the New Year as we begin 2008.
01/01/2008 by Rubel Shelly