“Let there be peace on earth, and let it begin with me.” As the world greets us with new violence, new tragedy every day, this is the song that keeps popping into my mind. It sounds trite, doesn’t it? A sweet, simple melody for sweet, simple words. But those words...

When we think of appointments, we probably think first of those things we put on our schedules. Then maybe we think about being appointed to an official position. And recently when discussing my calendar, my husband pointed at me...and then said, "Hey, is appointment...

Many, many years ago, I joined an online group of other Christian writers, many of whom who were far more established than I was (they still are!), and I was amazed to learn in a conversation what kind of books all these amazing Christian novelists were reading. See,...

Since last week we looked at college, this week it's only fair that we examine the history of the word university. While college dated from the late 1300s, university actually joined the English language almost a century earlier, right around the year 1300. And, get...