With Thanksgiving fast approaching, I’ve been giving some thought about how to choose an attitude of gratitude when my emotions are clouded with just the opposite. I find it a whole lot easier to give thanks when...

I was having breakfast with a young man from church the other day, and we were talking about how easy it is to feel overwhelmed with work, marriage, faith, and, well, life in general. How do you get off the merry-go-round long enough to… 

Today’s blog is not the feel-good, syrupy, sentimentalism that we often like to read. I’m just letting you know, in case you want to stop reading and watch a cat video on YouTube.

Since you’re still reading, I want you to think with me for a few minutes about character. Thirty years ago, I...