BE A GRASSHOPPER In the book of Numbers, chapter 13, Moses and the people of Israel stand at the threshold of the Promised Land. Behind them lies slavery in Egypt. Ahead lies the land “flowing with milk and honey,” the place God had promised to Abraham. The Lord says...
Articles for February 2017
Ain’t You Tired?
AIN’T YOU TIRED? The 2012 film The Help depicts life in Jackson, Mississippi, in 1962 – particularly the intersecting worlds of the black women (“the help”) who work as maids, cooks, and child caregivers and the white women whose households they serve. Hilly Holbrook, one of the housewives, is...
How Rich Are You?
HOW RICH ARE YOU? If you visit Occidental Petroleum’s website, there’s no mention of Armand Hammer in the official history of the corporation. Do a search for his name and you’ll get, “Nothing here matches your search.” That’s remarkable, considering the fact Hammer was the CEO of Occidental for...
Father, Give Me My Share of the Estate
FATHER, GIVE ME MY SHARE OF THE ESTATE A long time ago, Jesus old a story about what it is like to come home. Specifically, what it’s like to come home to our Father in heaven with no more qualifications than that we’ve made a mess of our own...
So what’s on your plate today?
SO WHAT’S ON YOUR PLATE TODAY? William Zinsser, who died in 2015 at the age of 92, was one of America’s most esteemed writers and literary critics. His bestseller, On Writing Well, provided guidance to a whole generation of journalists. As a cub reporter, however, he despaired at his...