Author: Paul Santhouse

I am a follower of Jesus Christ. I’m also a husband, father, and grandpa. And I’m part of the Moody Publishers* team. Since I've worked with books for nearly four decades, and I believe the local church is where we become the kind of people Jesus would be in our shoes, that's mostly what this blog is about. Thanks for visiting. Paul *As this is my personal blog, the views and opinions expressed herein are my own, not those of my employer.

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If you think in metaphors, here’s a great book on shepherding: A Shepherd Looks at Psalm 23. It’s short, packed with illustrations, and gives you something to picture when thinking about shepherding students (or adults!). Let’s say you’re watching over a few students either as your job or because God put them on your heart. […]

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Early in World War Two, on the eve of America’s entry into the European Theater, Churchill’s chief military representative in Washington sent this message to the Prime Minister: American forces are more unready for war than it is possible to imagine. He was right. Only two years earlier the U.S. Army had ranked seventeenth in […]

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If someone rubs you the wrong way, is he sinful? Let’s say you know someone stubborn. And insensitive. And demanding. And abrasive. This person provokes you — and everyone else. No one wants to work projects together or share seats on a bus. Is this person being sinful? We come down pretty hard on people […]

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Do you read fiction? Here’s why it matters. Walk into a room and lecture 25 people for an hour and what will they remember? The one story you told about the pilot caught in a death spiral. We keep a quote in our office that captures the power of story: Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures […]