Daily Challenges Archive

Mean people are often foolish. They may be intelligent, but they do dumb things. The result is that they create unnecessary and destructive conflicts. This can affect everything, from interpersonal relationships to entire nations. This verse goes ...

With the holiday season just about to get underway, families and friends will be gathering to celebrate and enjoy one another’s company—hopefully. I just saw a story about a young woman who has decided that her goal at her family’s gathering is to...

I told my grandkids that for the fall festival party, I was going to dress up as a “grumpy old man.” The 7-year-old cackled with glee and said, “Grandaddy, you’re already dressed in that outfit!” We had fun with that conversation. In real life, fo...

This is a longer quote than I usually like to include in these short devotional thoughts, but I find it important enough to break my usual practice. Dorothy Day appears on many lists of famous peacemakers. She once famously said, “What we would li...

Our view of God is that of the eternal creator and ruler of the universe, or something less. Whichever we hold determines how we live every moment of our journey on this planet—or at least it should. When we reverently respect God for who He is, i...

Lots of kids are reminded many times as they grow up of various life rules. How many times in life are we reminded to eat our fruits and vegetables? Maybe you still hear “brush your teeth.” Another one is to treat others the way you want to be tre...

There are business people I trust and want to work with. Whether it’s something I need done on my house, car, medically, or an opportunity to invest in, I have a short list of who I’m calling. Because of my role with “The Edge,” I enjoy the privil...

I really appreciate the opportunity to work with teenagers for decades, and I still enjoy it. However, I truly love the business leaders I work with and get to know in The Edge ministry. It is a truly supernatural experience to see these men and w...

As a teenager, my brother and I took our parents through both extremes of this verse. As the parent of two boys, I certainly experienced both with my own teens. Thankfully, we also had an angelic daughter. Sort of. This is not unique to my family;...

The simple life is espoused as a good way to live throughout Scripture. Years ago, one of my best friends told me that he thought Scripture recommended having a little land, a garden, and a family. He said this was the definition of being blessed....

I read that verse, and in my mind, I hear a voice shouting, “What are you doing, or what in the world were you thinking?” And it is a well-deserved question in every case. Wisdom would have every reason to get after me. I often should know better....

Coming through a political season, this verse might be even more understandable. It speaks a truth about living in a world that plays fast and loose with the truth, perhaps more than ever before. So much so that many of those twisting the truth ha...