Jul 31, 2025
I wonder how many love songs have ever been written. Millions. As many as the grains of sand on a beach … and then some. Without doubt, love would have to be the single, most sung-about topic in all of human history. Why is that, do you think?
Love songs have been a part of human expression for thousands of years....
Jul 30, 2025
We’ve all met people whom we’d happily describe as being wise. But worldly success alone doesn’t always earn you the label of wisdom. We’d never call a self-serving, arrogant person wise. So what does it actually mean then, to be wise?
Some people seem to be incredibly insightful. They have a knack of...
Jul 29, 2025
Have you ever set out to achieve something – something you really wanted – but then when things turned hard, when you faced opposition, when you grew tired of struggle … you just gave up? Well, you wouldn’t be alone.
In 1405, Chinese Emperor Yongle of the Ming Dynasty commissioned Admiral Zheng to lead a...
Jul 28, 2025
Every now and then we find ourselves confronted by overwhelming odds. A marriage that’s falling apart. A health prognosis that rocks you to the core. A cash crunch. A mortgage foreclosure. A wayward child. The death of a loved one. What do you do in those times? How do you respond? How do you get through to the other...
Jul 27, 2025
None of us likes to be told what to do. We didn’t like it when we were children, and we certainly don’t like it now that we’re all grown up.
I saw a Christian post something on social media recently that went like this: Don’t let anyone who hasn’t walked in your shoes tell you how to tie your laces. Look, I...