1,000 pieces. At first glance, it’s a big pile of little color splotch cardboard pieces. Somehow it is to become the beautiful garden scene on the box. That is, unless I choose to give up. During my sabbatical, I learned that puzzles are both a fr...

In Matthew 25, Jesus shares the parable of the talents. A man entrusts his servants with bags of gold – 5 for one, 2 for another, 1 for the last. We all know how the story goes, two of the servants get to work, doubling their master’s wealth, whil...

How do we persevere? Stick with it for the long haul? Keep working despite detours?

Having the right perspective changes everything.