I love listening to Professor Wanjala field questions on children’s health on one of Kenya’s Christian radio stations. Without doubt, the good professor is very knowledgeable and well-versed in pediatrics. But it’s the employment of grace, decency and gentleness in his delivery... read more »

How have you been affected by bitter people, and what have you done to help them break free of their bitterness? ... read more »

If I were to tell you that the president of your country is my friend, it’s likely you wouldn’t believe me. You might even be tempted to call me a liar. But if your president were to go on national TV and say publicly that I’m his friend, then all doubts would fade away, right? The... read more »

“I absolutely know that in anybody’s eyes I was a traitor,” Mosab Hassan Yousef told the Wall Street Journal before the release of his book Son of Hamas. “To my family, to my nation, to my God. I crossed all the red lines in my society. I didn’t leave one that I... read more »

If desperate situations call for extreme measures, then extreme measures are a sign that we are in a desperate situation. If a police car flashed its lights behind me, my wife might say in her disapproving voice, “What did you do?” If my car were surrounded by police and a TV news... read more »

When I was riding a jeepney (kind of a jeep bus) from school, someone poked my knee. When I looked back, I realized that it was a boy beggar around twelve years old. He was asking for food, but I had nothing, so I said, “None.” People near him began moving away from him because he was... read more »

“The Scriptures tell us, ‘The first man, Adam, became a living person.’ But the last Adam—that is, Christ—is a life-giving Spirit. What comes first is the natural body, then the spiritual body comes later. Adam, the first man, was made from the dust of the earth, while... read more »

A video on YouTube captured a mother squirrel trying to teach her baby how to scale a cement wall. Over and over the mother squirrel patiently showed how it was done, but the wall was simply too big for the younger rodent to conquer. Eventually, a few college students intervened. They first placed a... read more »

“Last one to the water has to clean the dishes!” Some man-made rules give the one “up” the advantage. Some simply don’t make sense when you evaluate them. Are you living by any man made rules that will lead you to a “frozen lake” and no victory? (These two... read more »

An impromptu high-wire act by a 26-year-old man caused a portion of Dongguan, a city in China, to experience a blackout. The man had lost his job and chose to drown his sorrows by drinking heavily. After his binge, the drunken one climbed a high voltage cable tower and began walking and hanging on... read more »