In the field of education, measurements are crucial. Not measuring baking ingredients or 2x4s, of course, but measuring a student’s progress. Tracking growth.

Courage will always require an element of leaving. Leaving is just plain hard. When My 3-year-old knows I’m leaving he squeezes as hard as he can around my neck to lovingly manipulate me into staying.

Moses was trying to do it all—do all the work of ministry by himself—and he was burning out, running himself ragged. Not only that, but the people he was ministering to were getting burned out as well...

In work and life, many people give up when they don't get immediate results.  They hit the chisel about three times, and then they quit because they don't think anything is happening; but they're wrong.

The West represents the wealthiest and most educated people in the world. As beneficiaries of this environment, how are we as Christians to think about such power? Thought-leader Andy Crouch addresses the proper use of power - View the Q Talk

A general rule in creating stories is that characters don't want to change. Nobody wakes up and starts chasing a bad guy or dismantling a bomb unless something forces them to do so. They must be forced to change.

If we say we love God but do nothing on the behalf of the world’s vulnerable children, we are kidding ourselves. You simply cannot love God without developing a passion for orphans.

In light of this growing trend towards compassion and justice, I think we must ask ourselves, "Do we actually participate in social action beyond the initial "join" or retweet?"