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Robert Darden

Author Bio:
Robert Darden is Associate Professor of Journalism at Baylor University and author of two dozen books, including Corporate Giants: Personal Stories of Faith and Finance and People Get Ready! A New History of Black Gospel Music (Continuum). His latest book, Reluctant Prophets and Clueless Disciples was published by Abingdon Press in 2006. He is the senior editor of The Wittenburg Door, the world's oldest and largest (and probably only) religious humor and satire magazine. Robert and his wife, Mary, have three children.

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9.7.08(Bible Reflection)

Jesus Was (probably) a Carpenter >

For all of you are one in Christ Jesus.

10.28.07(Bible Reflection)

Rhoda and the Joy of Bumbling Through Work >

We don't know much about Rhoda, but she is in one of the few light-hearted scenes in the entire New Testament.

7.1.07(Bible Reflection)

The Power of Being a Footnote >

Do you let others receive the glory and enjoy their day in the sun? Barak did.

2.4.07(Bible Reflection)

Know When to Quit and When to Fight >

Part of excellence in any pursuit is knowing when to quit while you're on top. The sports world is filled with stories of once-great athletes too competitive to walk away from the sport they love, trying desperately to hold on after their physical skills…

10.8.06(Bible Reflection)

What Are You Waiting For? >

There are times in our lives when we don't know what to do, when we're in between momentous events, when we're impatiently waiting for God's call.

8.13.06(Bible Reflection)

Work Higher >

All jobs matter! No job is too small to merit our best effort.

7.24.05(Personal Reflection)

Counterintuitive >

And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
– Paul the Apostle, Romans 12:2


Say you want to…

5.4.03(Personal Reflection)

In Praise of Grunt Work >

A great storm mercilessly lashes a small island. Later, a father and his son walk the beach where tens of thousands of starfish lay, all dying in the sun. The little boy frantically begins throwing them back into the sea.

12.1.02(Bible Reflection)

What Shape, Courage? >

Courage shows up in many forms and places. The courage it took to storm the beach at Anzio, for example, also took the point on patrol outside Da Nang. The courage it took to enter the smoke-choked stairwell in the first World Trade Center Tower also…

11.17.02(Personal Reflection)

Synchronized Swimming in the Pulpit >

The late Bruce McIver once told of an elementary school girl who followed her baptism with a spontaneous swim the length of the glass baptismal as his church exploded with laughter. The little girl turned out to be a member of her school's synchronized…