Generosity Trending

February 18, 2025 Jeremy

Will the generation currently in college be the most generous in history?

That was the premise I suggested at a recent talk I gave at Taylor University. I challenged the students to take advantage of the fact that they have access to more financial and technological resources than any generation that has come before and harness that powerful continue reading

Crisis and Hope

Do you ever feel disappointed? That’s a stupid question, I realize. Obviously you have. We all have. This topic came to mind yesterday as I observed the expressions of anguish on the faces of the losing Kansas City Chiefs players…

A Decline in Reading?

Is reading on the decline? This morning’s Breakpoint article was all about the alarming trends in the number of students, even in elite universities, who don’t (or even can’t) read books or comprehend what they do read. A column in…

Houses of Mourning and Feasting

I went to a funeral on Saturday. Ecclesiastes 7:2 (in the KJV) says, “It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting.” The teacher quickly points out the spiritual reasons for…

What We Must Not Do

Today is Quitting Day, also known as Ditch New Year’s Resolution Day. It’s true—as of January 17, most people who made New Year’s resolutions have already broken them or are thinking about it. It’s perfectly understandable. It’s one thing to…

Our Annual Commitments

I’m not generally a New Year’s resolution kind of person. Not that I think there’s anything wrong with New Year’s resolutions. I just tend to think that if you’re going to do something, you should go ahead and do it…

A Gift of Hope

Do you ever feel hopeless? Today is the 20th anniversary of the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami that claimed nearly a quarter of a million lives on December 26, 2004. Countries like Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, and Thailand were hardest hit…

Celebrating Impact

“Absorb fear and exude hope.” This phrase is the recommendation of former Continental Airlines and Burger King CEO Greg Brenneman on how to lead well through uncertain times. In the early 2000s, Brenneman became known as the “Turnaround King” due…

Keep Climbing

I recently had the fun opportunity to accompany my dad and brother on a climbing expedition in Montana. Besides simply spending some quality time together and doing something fun and challenging outdoors as a welcome break from our COVID-enforced isolation,…

Change of Plans

When I was a kid, those words meant one of two things. Either the situation was about to get better, or things were about to get worse. Once on a family vacation, my parents informed my siblings and me that…