Once upon a time I was an invisible observer of a debate in an online chatroom which was focusing on the issue of what was required for a person to ...

None of us want to waste our lives. We desire our lives to count. Most of us inwardly understand that there is some meaning, some greater purpose, for us being ...

Who is running the world? Do humans run planet earth or does God? I suppose it would be good for Christians to make up our minds about this essential issue ...

A friend recently asked me about the oft-quoted verse about Heaven...that is not actually about Heaven.  Paul’s declaration in 1 Corinthians 2:9, “What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, ...

Living with a mild case of OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder) has been something I’ve joked about for years. No doctor has ever really diagnosed me officially, but I’m quite confident ...

Standing in a convenience store this weekend, I heard a song from my junior year of high school being piped in through the store’s speakers. It was one of my ...

The human mind is weird. Perhaps, more dignified, I should say that the human mind is mysterious. Frankly, we understand only a fraction about that thing with which we understand ...

It is not that we are ignorant.  It is not that we are uneducated.  It is not for a lack of information or opportunity or access to knowledge.  No, if ...

Walking into my office this morning, my attention was drawn to an object perched right outside my door, directly in the light from the streetlamp. As I took a few ...

School lets out this week for my children and thus another Summer will commence.  We like the Summer in the Lyle home because it brings some seasonal goodies our way: ...

The best fight I ever ended was with my childhood friend, Scott.  I was a punk and probably about 10 years old when Scott finally had enough of me mouthing ...

Wednesday nights around Meadow have been uniquely blessed of God in recent weeks.  Sensing His leadership to overhaul our approach to the Wednesday gathering, we have placed an emphasis on ...

My words will be few today.  With the tragedy of what occurred in Boston yesterday afternoon I think it is important that I apply restraint and not say too much. ...

“Because your heart was tender, and you have humbled thyself before the Lord…” – 2 Kings 22:19 Smallness — what a profitable passageway to all things good. Can you think ...