Point of View

New: not existing before; made, introduced or discovered recently, or, now, for the first time; just beginning and regarded as better than what went before. For the next few weeks, we’ll all be shaking the holiday dust off our tongues. Standard greeting, at least until the Pro Bowl: “Happy New

In the next couple of days, investment decisions will be made with eternal implications. For 51 weeks every year, most affluent Christians stay under-the-radar with their Kingdom donations. For many, their weekly/monthly giving mirrors the disciples who sit down-the-row on Sundays. But, in the last days of the year, things

The background music for the human race was written in a minor key. People woke every morning to a tone of tension, knowing something was wrong but not having a solution. The deep longings of the soul had no resolution; darkness prevailed; the need for light was universal… John wrote

Can you hear it? Like you, I’m immersed in Christmas. My station – “The Message,” on SiriusXM – has been playing only Christmas music since Thanksgiving. For the last month, I’ve heard Bing Crosby’s voice more than I’ve heard Cheri’s. Right now, I have my Christmas ’25 most-repeated tune playing.

Not much left of 2025, is there? We’re both pressed – you and I – to make some pretty big things happen between now and the time the crowd cheers the end of ’25 and the start of ’26. How can we finish this big year in a way that

I think I’m going to consider the unthinkable: I might be changing my email address(es). The reason? Giving Tuesday. What happened? In football, the rule violation is called “piling on;” it penalizes the offending team 15 yards of high-value territory. Here’s what they’re looking for: “…jumping on a ball carrier