"It's a miracle!" As often as it's said, it's easy to lose track of what exactly is meant. When we find front row parking at Wal-Mart, or make it early despite bad traffic, we call it "a miracle." No one has trouble believing in those miracles. But aren't, like, supernatural miracles, impossible?

In the 20th century, a scientific discovery with startling implications was made: the universe had a beginning. Of course, for 3,500 years, the book of Genesis had made the exact same claim. Prescient?

"The long term goal of Christianity is to learn to surrender to the will of Someone bigger than us, and to adjust our lives accordingly."

"Sometimes I have a crappy attitude, and I take it out on other people."

"Your mind is like a bad neighborhood, don't walk in it alone."

If everything were as it should be, what would it look like? The way you answer this question gives shape to the causes you'll be devoted to in your story.

"Everything in my life would be better if..." All of us have an end to this sentence in mind. But, not all endings are equal.

"Why am I here?" Nearly everyone throughout history and across the globe has asked this question, and the answer to this question is at the core of the story of God.

Everyone gets in fights. Most of us know how to push each other's buttons. But isn't there a better way? Proverbs challenges us to reconsider the natural inclination to escalate a tense situation, and teaches us why and how to diffuse it. But will we do it?

Words. We use them...a lot. Our culture is engaged in a 24-hour a day, 365 day a year conversation about a host of issues. To put it bluntly: we talk too much. Proverbs challenges us in a talkative culture to learn to hold our tongues, restrain our speech, and measure our words.