Leadership Styles: Part One

What is your leadership style? Are you a forceful leader? Do you express yourself with flair? Do you lead from behind the scenes? There are several leadership styles, and each has benefits and limitations, as well as obstacles that often surface when practicing that...

“Signs”

There are two types of people in the world, the distinction resting on how we interpret the incredible. One type sees only luck or coincidence. The other sees a sign or a miracle. That’s what Graham Hess (Mel Gibson) says in “Signs,” the latest...

What Responsibility Do Churches Have for Worldcom?

CEOs, politicians and pundits are scrambling to explain the ethical collapse of big business. They blame compromised auditors, dishonest executives, weak board directors and lax law enforcement officers. Charles Colson blamed secularism, especially the fountainhead of...

Putting Your Pain in Perspective

How do you handle your own pain and suffering? Whether you are experiencing the physical pain of illness, the emotional distress of grief, or the spiritual affliction of persecution, your suffering must be put in perspective or you may become a nagging complainer....

‘Aisle’ Be Watching You: Movie Matrimony

Christian ministers focus on marriage as a union. Movies, on the other hand, focus more on the obstacles that may prevent that union. Movies need conflict, and attempts to unite two people—and their families—usually provide it. For example, “My Big Fat Greek...