“All you need is love… Ya-da-da-da-da… All you need is love…” Some of us are old enough to  remember the Beatles song All You Need Is Love. Great song, great lyrics, great sentiment, poor theology. “Wait a minute, Brian!  Didn’t Jesus say all the Scripture could be summarized as love God with all your heart [...]

When you’re in the doldrums, you might need a kick in the butt.

Some are still wondering if social media actually works.  Jonathan Acuff doesn’t have any doubts.  Last Monday he mentioned in the Stuff Christians Like blog that his 6 year old daughter’s genuine concern for other kids around the world had led him to contact Samaritan’s Purse and offer to raise $30,000 to build a kindergarten [...]

First, let me apologize to those who moved their subscriptions already and are getting two copies of this. This is the only message for which that will happen—I’m just trying to make sure we bring everyone along with us during this transition. How many times do you include the words “if it be your will” [...]

The Vatican just concluded a five-day conference to study the possibility of life on other worlds and its implication for the church. The Rev. Jose Gabriel Funes, an astronomer and director of the Vatican Observatory, presented the results of the gathering today. “The questions of life’s origins and of whether life exists elsewhere in the [...]

The free Tuesday’s Tip emails come from a variety of sources, but I just wrote the one for next week and I thought I would share it with my followers here: We just concluded a fascinating three-part interview with Tony & Felicity Dale (co-authors of The Rabbit & the Elephant) in the free Smart Ministry [...]

Stephen Covey’s books are must-reads for anyone in leadership.  He has a great way of expressing timeless truths in simple ways.  In an interview in Success magazine, Covey was asked about the causes behind the financial problems plaguing much of the world.  His reply was remarkable: “Financial success—prestige, wealth, recognition, accomplishment—will always be secondary in [...]