We all wear them, whether we realize it or not. They tend to define us or at the very least are what other people use to define us. They get placed somewhere on our chests. They are our nametags, the things that tell others who we are. I have always hated nametags, mostly because I dislike being put...

When I was a young kid, there was no official celebration of the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. To tell the truth, the Civil Rights movement was still a fairly recent event in the mid-70′s, and many adults I knew back then hadn’t exactly embraced the concept. Now that I have 30 years to...

(Editor’s note:  The following is an excerpt from Chip MacGregor’s new book, 40 Ways to Get Closer to God , which was published under his given name, Jerry MacGregor.) To address God as Abba is the boldest and simplest expression of that absolute trust with which we rely on God for all...