Growing old has some downsides.

Remembering things is one of those problem areas.

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What would your marriage look like if you only spoke to your spouse for thirty seconds a day?

Sometimes we treat God that way.

The Bible tells us to “pray without ceasing.” What would happen if prayer became an ongoing conversation with God throughout your day?

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In case you aren’t aware of it, tonight’s Powerball pays $1 billion dollars to the winner.

Oh, sure, the odds are about 300 million to 1 that a particular group of numbers will win, but that is only important to losers.

I’m not a loser.

I’m on my way to becoming one of those rare people known as billionaires!

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The teaching this week is simple enough. In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus told his followers:

“You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not murder; and whoever murders will be liable to judgment.’”Matthew 5:21 (ESV)

There’s nothing confusing about that command. It’s perfectly clear.

This week, as you seek to follow the Narrow Path, don’t murder anyone.

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I thought it might be fun to look at one of the ways I use AI in my creation process.

A while back I told you about the book I wrote, Don’t Play With Things That Go Boom.

After spending a couple of years writing the book, I set myself the task of designing the cover for this very personal project.

Not being an artist, it took me several days working with Photoshop and Creative Cloud tools to come up a cover. After several revisions I was pleased with the result.

I published the book in the Amazon store, and then I set about my next task — trying to sell it.

I turned to my AI, ChatGPT, and gave it a copy of the manuscript and the cover and asked if it could give me some tips on how to market the book.

One of the very first things ChatGPT told me surprised me.

It said my cover wasn’t “clickable.”

In other words, when someone is scrolling through dozens of tiny book covers on Amazon, mine simply didn’t stand out enough to make people want to click on it.

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Jesus gave us many difficult commands, but perhaps none is more challenging than this:

"Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you."— Matthew 5:44 (ESV)

It's easy to love people who treat us well. It's much harder to respond with kindness when someone criticizes us, spreads rumors, or works against us.

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Hiding in Lies

About two thousand, seven hundred years ago the prophet Isaiah warned the people of Israel they had chosen to ignore reality. They had replaced truth with lies, believing those falsehoods would keep them safe.

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Capitalism and socialism are economic systems built around one fundamental question: Who should control the resources and industries that shape everyday life?

What I’ve noticed is that many people who argue passionately for one system or the other rarely seem to understand what those systems actually mean in practice.

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I was a classroom teacher for a couple of decades, and there was a question that I sometimes heard from my students:

Why do we have to learn this?

We’re never going to use this stuff!

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Every once in a while, you read a book that reminds you how fragile life can be—and how faithful God is in the midst of challenging times.

Where the Wind Leads by Vinh Chung is one of those books.

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