Inadvertent Oversights and the End of Time
byI stood at the check-out line on Easter, or as I prefer to call it: Resurrection Sunday. It was in that Spirit that I noticed…
Editorial
The Starbucks Moment: Take a Second Look
byMay I offer you a puzzle that I would like you to experience? Please take a moment and identify the confusion in the following…
Jerusalem: A Prophetic Challenge
byExactly seventy years before the opening of the United States Embassy in Jerusalem, President Harry Truman was among the first heads of state to…
Jesus Still Walks
byKanye West Wanders and Wreaks Havoc Over the past couple of weeks, there has been renewed speculation into what’s wrong with Kanye West. He…
Heaven’s Help for Our Addictions
bySomeone I knew who was highly educated and highly respected in his profession became addicted to cocaine for several years. There was a serious…
Golden Opportunity and the Golden Anniversary
byI missed my chance to be the change I want to see this week. Change, however, is more than chance. This week saw the…
Mass Shootings Have Led to Mass Numbness
byHalf a million kids plan to wake us up. Can we find solutions by seeking the interests of others? Even in the painful aftermath…
Persevere and Prosper
byThis year marks 120 years since our forerunner, The Gospel Herald was first published, and 84 years since The Message Magazine, by God’s grace,…
Perverted Conscience
byMae—not her real name—was my client. She was a Black, twenty-something in the vice grip of a crack addiction. She worked in the even…
Crisis Overload, Cunning Overlord
byLike an 18-car pileup on the interstate, crises of terror, political brinkmanship, natural and man-made disasters give us no space to brace. You see…