Christian identity theft

Faith & Inspiration |  Identity theft is a big problem. It is one of the fastest growing crimes in the United States, and recent stats suggest that 10 million cases occurred in the…

Missing my dad

Family |  A song by the group Mercy Me generated a familiar mix of sadness and joy. This will be my fifth Father's Day since my dad went to be with his Heavenly Father.

Following Jesus in the Real World: God didn't call us to be "comfy"

Culture |  I spent a wonderful weekend in Boston working the Texas Rangers-Red Sox series. I walked around the city a bit, and part of that excursion was through a…

Following Jesus in the Real World: Saving us from ourselves

Culture |  Youngest son Brett recently moved to San Antonio and unfortunately my schedule allowed me to help. I say unfortunately because he chose a third-floor…

Following Jesus in the Real World: Can you be honest and compete?

Culture |  My youngest son, Brett, recently started a new job after searching for several months after his college graduation. He likely lost one job opportunity along…

Following Jesus in the Real World: Avoiding the gossip trap

Culture |  I thought about trying an experiment this week. Last week I wrote about humility being disarming in the workplace and somehow the comments thread took a hard…

Following Jesus in the Real World: Humility is disarming in this culture

Culture |  Once the word gets out that I am a practicing "evangelical," I get lots of comments about the church. I hear about hypocrites in the church and about national…

Following Jesus in the Real World: When Jesus becomes an expletive

Culture |  This week will wrap up the topic of language for a while. I need to move on because my friend SteveG has extended my window for relevancy by just a few weeks.

Following Jesus in the Real World: The power of words

Culture |  One of the fun facts that you will learn about your humble correspondent is that I was ADD before ADD was cool. So instead of a guilt-reducing diagnosis and…

Following Jesus in the Real World: Swearing can boost morale?

Culture |  A year or so ago I ran across the following news headline: "Swearing at work boosts team spirit, morale." Wouldn't it be interesting to be at that pep rally?

Following Jesus in the Real World: Rules of engagement

Culture |  Last week we launched this weekly foray into living out the truths of the Gospel in difficult and even toxic work environments. I was heartened by the initial…

Following Jesus in the Real World

Culture |  The good folks here at WORLDmag.com have asked me to contribute some weekly thoughts on the daunting topic of "following Jesus in the real world." You…

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