It's time to lighten up a bit. Below are scenes from our Thanksgiving celebration with family and friends at our home in Bellevue yest...

Is it possible for the Bible to be taken seriously once again in places where the Great Voice has been silenced? Once the Ten Commandments h...

If we passed more and more laws to keep greed at bay in the business world, would we eventually have enough laws to contain the beast? No. ...

When it comes to explaining why it works in rural Holland and USA to have people pay for milk and firewood by putting payments into a jar, o...

About a year and a half ago, on a sunny day in Seattle (it happens now and then), I said to my wife, “Let’s go to the Seattle Center and do ...

When Vishal Mangalwadi first visited Holland, coming from India, he saw a level of trust that allowed a dairy owner to let people help thems...

Kathy and I got out of town for a couple of days last month with one of our sons, Rodney, and his friend, David. Our destination was two ...

I have been careful to not use this blog as a self-promoting infomercial. But today, I'm throwing all caution to the wind, and posting s...

Events that strengthen our ability to integrate Christian truths with daily work are proliferating. While it is good to have help in strengt...

"Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth." (Col. 3:2) How does this fit with God's First Commission to g...

"Do not love the world, or the things of the world." (I John 2:15) How does this fit with God's command to "subdue the ...

Happy Labor Day weekend! Why should we celebrate work? Because work is an opportunity to fulfill the role God had in mind for humans whe...

One of the greatest joys of work is rest. With this in mind, I’m taking the next six weeks off from blogging! Before signing off, I'd ...

If you are a regular reader of this blog, you know I have been focusing lately on the challenge of ridding ourselves of SSD, the Sacred-Secu...

In ridding ourselves of SSD [the Sacred-Secular Divide], it helps to keep  the meaning of work worth doing in mind. (Not all work is worth ...

One way to be cured of SSD [that mental virus called the Sacred-Secular Divide] is to fully recognize God at work around us every day. I’m n...

I don’t think we’ll know the complete answer to why God created humans until we cross through to the other side. Then I think we’ll all loo...

To be cured of SSD [the Sacred-Secular Divide], it helps to take another look at the Great Commission of Matthew 28:18-20. Revisiting the Gr...

When it comes to ridding ourselves of SSD [the Sacred-Secular Divide], it would be helpful if the First Commission [Genesis 1:26-28] was giv...

Not long ago, I had a conversation with a young man in my office I’ll call “Jason.” He is in his early 20s, a committed follower of Christ, ...