George Washington is sometimes called the Father of our Country. In his Farewell Address, he said: "Of all the dispositions and habits ...

Two political scientists from the University of Houston, Donald Lutz and Charles Hyneman, set out to read all the political writings of Amer...

If you are a regular reader of this blog, you know I focus on the topic of integration of biblical beliefs and work. Work of all kinds. Not ...

While speaking to a group of Christians about connecting our faith with the world around us, I mentioned the need for believers to take role...

Earlier this month I was in Dakar, the capital of Senegal, in West Africa, teaching teachers at  Dakar Academy ,   a remarkable school wit...

While taking music theory classes as an undergraduate student at the University of Washington in the late '60's, I was repeatedly st...

One can tell a lot about a worldview by the kind of music it produces. The Buddhist worldview, for example, sees life as a cycle of suffer...

Having just passed through December, you may have seen the Frank Capra film, It's A Wonderful Life . The 1946 classic has become a Chr...

It brought tears to my eyes. A computer project by the 5th grade class of a public school near the Bering Sea, in Southwest Alaska. My sis...

[This post first appeared December 25, 2009.] One of my favorite carols is Joy To The World. The words are by Issac Watts, based on Psalm...

My decision to accept Jesus as Lord at the age of eight turned out to be the most pivotal decision of my life. As it turns out, this decisio...

Last week, Chuck Colson  related  in his daily BreakPoint about speaking with a group of pastors regarding engagement of culture. "Aft...

The following is a guest post by Joshua Kelley, lead pastor of The Gathering , in Mount Vernon, WA, and barista at Starbucks. More informa...

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 ...