“Therefore by their fruits you will know them.” (Matthew 7:20) For the benefit of those readers who may not have read last week’s column, my daughter, Victoria, was seriously injured in a tragic automobile accident. Tori, as I call her, continues to make good progress after two major surgeries to put her broken body back together and is very much “on the mend.” By the way, a heartfelt thanks for all the cards, e-mails of encouragement, and especially for your prayers. Please continue to lift her up in […]

“Have mercy on me O Lord, for I am weak; O Lord, heal me, for my bones are troubled.” Psalm 6:2 The last three weeks have not been easy for me. During the second half of the Duke-UConn Final Four men’s basketball game on a Saturday night, I received a telephone call that any parent would dread. My sixteen-year-old daughter had been involved in a serious automobile accident. “You need to hurry,” I was told. My daughter lives with her mother, two hours from my home. My wife […]

“Martha, Martha,” the Lord answered, “you are worried and upset about many things, but only one thing is needed.” (Luke 10:41-42) I met a YMCA Executive recently who told me that YMCAs across the country are asking their boards to make sure that their appointed executives achieve some sense of balance in their lives. In other words, people should never allow their walks with the Lord, or their relationships with their families, to suffer at the expense of work. His story reminded me of a college professor of […]

“See my servant will act wisely; he will be raised and lifted up and highly exalted.” (Isaiah 52:13) Michelangelo once turned to a fellow artist and said with frustration in his voice, “Why do you keep filling gallery after gallery with endless pictures on the one theme of Christ in weakness, Christ on the cross, and most of all, Christ hanging dead?” he asked. “Why do you concentrate on the passing episode as if it were the last work, as if the curtain dropped down there on disaster […]