When Life Gets Busy, Keep Abiding Reader, Do you ever say to yourself, "I'll read my Bible, after I ____ (fill in the blank)." You have every intention of sitting down and spending some time with the Lord, but first you have to check your email, fold some laundry, and pack the kids' lunches. Before you know it, those good intentions are lost to an endless list of to-dos and interruptions. I've often wondered if Martha had similar intentions. Maybe she had planned to sit at Jesus' feet, but...

When the gift of a new car is out of order Reader, If you've ever given a gift that didn't land quite right, or received one that felt 'off' in some way, perhaps something in the relationship was disordered. Maybe the gift was tainted with impure motives. It wasn't just a gift to be enjoyed, but something the gift-giver used toward their own desired end. That was the case for my friend Tiffany, who once received what I thought was the pinnacle of a cool-girl car, a VW Cabriolet Rabbit....

Have you ever had a flash of truth? Reader, You never know when or where they'll strike, but chances are you've had one. That moment when truth breaks through to your soul. Something you once believed in error is dismantled, or something yet unknown is suddenly made clear. Augustine called this a "flash of truth." As Christians, we know that truth isn't just a principle, but a Person. And as Christian writers, we can learn to notice flashes of truth and invite our readers to do the same. The...