November & December 2025 Mark Batterson, in his book,  Play the Man , tells the story of how, in 1859, a man with the first name of August left Sweden and came to the United States and found work at a Minnesota sawmill. A horrifying accident (a whirring saw blade tore through his upper torso) left such a gaping hole that one eyewitness said they could see his beating heart!   Half-conscious, August was carried to his house and left clinging to life while he waited for a docto

October 2025 Tornadoes are part of life in West Texas. Sirens wailing,  parents scrambling their kids to safety, dark and threatening...

September 2025 Max Lucado, in his book, Grace: More Than We Deserve , tells the true story of two sisters who were taken captive by...

June/July 2025 Eugene Peterson, in his seminal book, A Long Obedience in the Same Direction , describes “decision-only” Christians as...

April 2025 In his book, Grace Under Pressure: Leading Through Change and Crisis , John Baldoni likens a leader’s style to either a...