Trivia question: When the United States entered World War Two in Europe, who was the enemy? (Hint: They didn’t speak German. Or Italian.) Those first few battles were against . . . the French. Looking back, this makes no sense. Even then it made no sense. The Germans invaded France and subordinated the French to […]
Do it now
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. […]
Don’t worry about it
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 […]
Obnoxious or sinful?
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 […]
Our mess
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 […]
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