September 4, 2025
Rhythm of Rest
In Genesis 1, God created more than earth and the expansive universe. He created measured time, and a vital element of measured time is the rhythm of rest.
Articles for tag: Mark 6:3
December 31, 2014
The War on Sleep
By Jim Tune Have you ever heard people brag about how little sleep they require? An article in The Spectator magazine highlighted this problem in modern America: Our war on sleep is hard to miss. TV interviewers ask today”s hard driving achievers how long they sleep. . . . When the guest leaves, the interviewers bat the question around with each other, boasting about pulling “all nighters” or claiming “I”m OK with five,” revelling in a festival of one-down manship. If the standard recommendation of eight hours a night gets mentioned, it is treated with genial contempt. Napoleon, Florence Nightingale,
January 19, 2014
The Eyes of Jesus
By Danny R. Von Kanel “When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. So he began teaching them many things” (Mark 6:34). The essence of love””our Lord Jesus Christ””showed compassion toward people. Can we have such compassion? The answer is an unequivocal YES! Use these tools to nurture compassion and see others through Christ”s eyes. Recognize people as sheep without a shepherd. As we wrestle with the lost condition of humanity, God will quicken our spirits concerning their need of a shepherd (Mark 6:34). Jesus said he
October 25, 2009
Frankly Speaking
 by Ben Simms Some Ohio State University students thrive on hot dogs as they hang out in the early morning hours on High Street in Columbus. For several years now, Student Christian Fellowship has been giving away free frankfurters at what it calls FFF (short for “Free FrankFurters”).  More than Hot Dogs Christian minister Steve Sjogren says, “Small things done with great love will change the world.” This is really the point of free frankfurter night. The hope is that, at some point in a student”s life at OSU, getting a free hot dog will trigger a conversation
December 16, 2007
Messy Christmas!
By Jeff Walling One of the delights of the Christmas season is receiving cards from friends across the country. My wife displays the prettiest ones and leaves the rest in a basket on our kitchen table so we can cruise the photos and say, “Oh! Look how BIG he”s gotten!” about our newest nephew or my largest brother-in-law. Many have the classic nativity scenes, with adoring shepherds, a smiling Mary, and a glowing baby Jesus. It is these that I used to love the most until I came across an uncomfortable truth: Those Christmas cards are completely unbiblical. And what”s
May 6, 2007
Looking for Wholeness
By Randy Gariss So if I lived a whole life””a full and complete life, not a “piecemeal” one””what would it look like? A paraphrase of Stephen Leacock”s quote, “He rushed madly out the door and flung himself in all directions,” is the metaphor of our day. But I don”t want to live a fool”s life; I want to live the life of a wise man, a man of substance and not shadow. I don”t want to live by crisis, I don”t want to play for the crowd, I don”t want to hop on the merry-go-round of fads . . .
January 1, 2006
Whatever Happened to Stillness and Silence?
By Knofel Staton I suspect most of us have seen it””that cell phone TV commercial in which a person moves from place to place and from behind one obstacle to another and asks, “Can you hear me now?” In the midst of our “rushaholic,” “goaholic,” “shopaholic,” “spendaholic,” “activityaholic,” and “workaholic” world I wonder if God ever asks, “Can you hear me now?” With all of the activities and our compulsion to pursue them are all kinds of noise””sounds of voices, sirens, trains, planes, storms, machinery, bells, television, radio, winds, animals. We choose entertainment that associates us with sounds of explosions,
