Day: February 3, 2009

  • BODY SONG

    Paul J. Meyer, the founder of the self-improvement industry, once said that he is an inverted paranoid.  He believes that the whole world has conspired to do him good.  That powerful idea alters everything about life.  It shifts all of our being and doing from a posture of defense and protection to a posture of…

  • LEFT UNSAID

    Sometimes important things are discovered in what is not in the text. John 4:3 is a good example. The verse reads: He left Judea, and departed again into Galilee. Most of us would think there isn’t much in this verse. After all, it’s just a report of Jesus traveling from one place to another. We…

  • Willingness (It’s NOT about money.)

    I decided to transition Today’s Word from “free” to “make a commitment” after 6 years of writing — around 2200 emails, without missing a single day.  This decision has caused some readers to question my motives. This move is NOT about money.  It was never about money. It’s about willingness. And the measure of willingness…

  • Life Together

    You husbands, likewise, live with your wives in an understanding way, as with a weaker vessel, since she is a woman; and grant her honor as a fellow-heir of the grace of life;  1 Peter 3:7 Life Together Fellow-heir – No one wants a marriage that doesn’t work.  When we walk down the aisle, when…