None of us really drift through life without any direction. We all have some vision of what the good life is and listen to voices that promise to help us reach it. If you believe the good life means being …
In his novel, Robinson Crusoe, Daniel Defoe tells the story of an eighteen-year-old who is consumed with the idea of experiencing a life of adventure on the high sea. His father urges him not to throw away a stable life …
Every one of us is being taught what kind of life is worth pursuing. Parents teach us, friends teach us, coworkers teach us, and the people we admire teach us. They show us what deserves applause, what should be feared, …
Psalm 23 may be the most familiar passage in the Bible. It is read beside hospital beds, at gravesides, and in moments when ordinary language seems too small for what people are carrying. Most people want a shepherd when life …
