“The bridegroom was delayed.” Of all the words in this strange and unsettling parable, I think those five may be the most important. The bridegroom was delayed. Everyone had gathered for a wedding. Ten bridesmaids, lamps in hand, ready to welcome the bridegroom and accompany him into the celebration. They...

What is at the center of your life? Not what you would like to be at the center. Not what you think ought to be at the center. But what actually is. What receives your attention? What shapes your decisions? For What are you willing to sacrifice? What do you...

There are some questions that are not really questions. They are traps. We know them when we hear them. Someone asks a question not because they are curious, not because they want to understand, but because they have already decided that whatever answer you give will be used against you....