Multiple Parts that Lead to the Sum

Multiple Parts that Lead to the Sum

Last month we took a look at our tendency for nutrition reductionism, which we defined as simply looking at food for what individual nutrients it has to offer. For example, bread is a carb, oranges are Vitamin C, milk is calcium, etc. This month, I’d like to expand...

A Meek and Quiet Spirit – What Is It?

A Meek and Quiet Spirit – What Is It?

To be honest, I have frequently skimmed 1 Peter 3:3–4 before, and it never made much impression on me—that is, until I read it in the New King James Version, which says: “Do not let your adornment be merely outward—arranging the hair, wearing gold, or putting on fine...

So Close, Yet So Far Away

So Close, Yet So Far Away

Nothing beats a day of sharing fellowship with great friends, accompanied by the crack of the bat—the sound that is the heartbeat of baseball. For two weeks, I had looked forward to this outing. It was not disappointing. The 100-mile drive to Busch Stadium passed...