When you come to a crossroads in your life where you have to make a big decision, how do you decide? Do you look only at what’s best for yourself? Do you look at how your choices would affect others?
A philosopher named Jeremy Bentham lived in the late 18th and early 19th centuries,...
I remember the first time I truly learned what unity is, or I should say what it is not. I played football for my local high school in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and, to say the least, we weren’t very good. My school was essentially the “little brother” of the powerhouse school with...
When I worked for a large company in Detroit a few years back, one of the main themes throughout the whole company was diversity. Every single employee was required to take at least one diversity class every single year. It was stressed that we need to recognize and be ok with the differences...
I happen to be someone who likes animals. I’m fascinated by learning about their habits, their unique characteristics created by God, and how they survive by protecting themselves from harm and providing for their own needs. But recently, I was reading about a creature that I hope...
“Will I go to heaven?”
That is probably the most common question people ask regarding what’s after this world. And on the heels of that question, the next is, “How do I know for sure?”
Imagine a world where everyone will go to heaven, guaranteed. There is absolutely no question that...
One of the things I’ve noticed about myself, about some of my colleagues, and about humans in general over the last several years is that we don’t like to be without an answer. This is especially the case when we are in the position that we feel the answer is expected, whether that...
When you saw the title for this blog, you may have the same question in your head as I did when I sat down to write it - “How does the word unadulterated connect with the Bible?” To help us on our quest to find out, I did what many people would do; I googled it. Google’s definition...
A little over a month ago, I wrote about a story that made national news in 2006 and involved the Amish community in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The word for that week was “shun” and I talked about how the community showed mercy, grace, love, and support to the surviving family members...
When I looked at the word “undeserved” for today’s blog post, it occurred to me that this word can go two different ways. Either (1) we receive something great that we feel we’re not worthy of, or (2) we receive a punishment or negative consequence that we feel we’re too good for. Which...
