Palm Sunday reminds me to ponder a simple question: does the world have an abundance of freedom? Or are we still longing to see a triumphant King enter our city? I suppose the answer depends on where you live, who you are, and any number of other variables. But whatever
History was an easy subject for me to grasp in school, maybe because history is simply a collection of stories that actually happened. I have always loved the subject. History helps us understand how we got to where we are today, and then to make sense of it all. The
One of the constant themes in my life — and the one I’d focus on if I ever wrote a book — is how we balance wealth, giving, and our faith. We live in the wealthiest age in the history of the human race, yet we have billions living in
This is the time of year college seniors seek my advice about jobs and careers. Sometimes I have good leads, often I’m clueless how to advise them. So I’m always looking for insights that I can pass on. I recently heard a young preacher say, “If you know who you
So we begin the top ten countdown in this series, and I start it off with a great one. Shantaram: A Novel by Gregory David Roberts is simply brilliant. It might be my favorite novel on the list, and it might be the wisest book of fiction that I have
Enormous resources are poured into “social investment” these days. The definition of the term isn’t always clear, but the idea is utilizing the power of the economic system to improve the lives of the poor and the marginalized. One significant difference between “social investment” and simply “investment” is the motivation.
Books can create different worlds that take us to new places. But books can also recreate old worlds that remind us of what once was. The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett took me to an old world that I had only heard about, and it made a new place of
The votes are in, the numbers have been tallied, and we have a winner. The next wine label name will be … drumroll … Rosie Red. It had the most votes by far. Almost twice as many as any other nomination. What I love about this name is how it