By David Hegg  Winston Churchill is credited with reminding the world “those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” History, in many ways the succinct compilation

By David W. Hegg Someone has rightly said that a true friend is one who walks in when everyone else is walking out. In most areas of life, tragedy and

“How did that happen?” I find myself asking that question far too often these days.  How did a good guy get involved in illegal activity? How did a great company

In the past few years various studies have concluded that multi-tasking is actually inefficient. It seems when we try to concentrate on many things, we end up losing focus on

You can tell that we are in the throes of the election season when everywhere you go you hear the same question being thrown at us by the politicos and

We’ve all heard it before: “The best things in life … aren’t things!” But if we’re honest we have to admit that we have a high view of things. Our

By David Hegg In the 1988 movie “You’ve Got Mail,” Meg Ryan’s character laments over her inability to respond to a mean-spirited conversationalist with equally mean words. At an important

By David Hegg Twenty-five years ago I suffered a freakish breakdown of my knees. As I pushed off to hit an overhead in a tennis match, my left patella fractured

By David Hegg When we ask the question of what distinguishes mankind from the rest of creation, the possible answers usually include the presence and activity of the conscience. This

By David Hegg The next time you walk into your favorite coffee shop and get into line, take note of a curious yet common phenomenon. Most of those already in

By David Hegg We’re all familiar with the old saying, “If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.” It is often used to remind us that most

By David Hegg Let’s say, for the sake of discussion, that ethics are those moral principles by which individuals order their lives. Further, let’s agree that, broadly defined, the study

By David Hegg As a young boy my dad taught me to be careful not to choose the easy path in life. He was a firm believer that anything worth

By David Hegg For several years between my graduate studies and my first ministry position, I was in the corporate world. Providing for my family while serving as a lay

By David Hegg Sometimes it turns out that famous clichés are just plain wrong, or at least wrong in enough important situations to make them suspect. One with which I

By David Hegg At the end of a long day I’m usually mentally exhausted and can be found lounging on our family room couch with a television remote in my

By David Hegg If you can remember all the way back to grammar school, you’ll also remember having run into some actual grammar. And while this column is really not

By David Hegg Long before Dorothy and the Cowardly Lion walked the yellow brick road, society has understood the absolute necessity of courage.  This essential virtue speaks to the willingness

By David Hegg When 56 men gathered to affirm the Declaration of Independence with their signatures, they held certain truths to be self-evident. They affirmed that all are “endowed by

By David Hegg I like to read biographies of those who have made significant contributions to the history of our world, and I’m certainly not alone in this. The draw