Following God
On my free day in Paris during a visit a few years ago, I had some time to roam around the famed city by myself before meeting a friend by the Ei...
The Son of God
Recently, my brother Scott acquired our dad’s military service records from World War II. As I studied the pages, there was nothing startli...
Such Glorious Knowledge
Medieval theologian Thomas Aquinas endured much to dedicate himself to a life of seeking God. His family imprisoned him for a year in an attempt ...
Bring It to God
Brian had been with the heart specialist for more than an hour. His friend remained in the waiting room, praying for wisdom and healing for his a...
A Helping Hand
In the early 1900s, laws restricted Black people and immigrants in the US from renting or buying property in Coronado, California. A Black man na...
No Regrets
There was no mention made of the stuff we often spend our lives chasing. That’s what palliative care nurse Bronnie Ware discovered as she s...
A Mom Looks Back
“I really didn’t like Mother’s Day,” said Donna, a mom of three. “It brought back to me all the inadequacies and fa...
Living with Full Faith
Thousands of people around the world prayed for Sethie’s three-year-old son, who’d been hospitalized for months. When doctors said Sh...
Love’s Great Surprise
In the classic sports fantasy film Field of Dreams, the character Ray Kinsella encounters his late father as an athletic younger man. Upon seeing...
Deeply Rooted in Christ
Beloved pastor Andrew Murray (1828-1917) shared how in his native South Africa, various diseases affect the orange trees there. To the unpractice...
Loving Others in Jesus
There’s a new game in high school sports, and it’s one of the most uplifting experiences you’ll ever see. It has many of t...
Humble Honor
As an elementary school teacher, my friend often escorted her students to various other classrooms for subjects such as music or art. When asked ...
God of the Fresh Start
“The Merchant of Death is Dead!” That was the headline for an obituary that may have caused Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynam...
Lasting Joy
In 2014, residents of a village in Norway erected a traffic sign that encouraged people crossing the street to do so in a silly manner. The inten...
God’s Perspective
In 2018, pastor Tan Flippin had a cycling accident that landed him in the hospital with fractures to his hip. When the doctors ordered a CT scan ...
Salty Answers
Bert placed his debit card atop the restaurant bill. The waiter scooped it up and then paused to ask, “Wait, who is this guy who says &lsqu...
Listening for God’s Voice
In the early twentieth century, New York City had become a noisy place. An overhead train, cars, trolleys, newsboys yelling, and people rushing a...
Truly Trusting God
The stray cat mewed pitifully, stopping me in my tracks. I had just walked past a pile of food that someone had carelessly discarded on the groun...
Hopeless or Hopeful
Every fall, plants like ragweed irritate my son’s sinuses. One night, his symptoms became so severe I thought he should see a doctor. Our f...
Imitate Me
As his daddy cast his fishing line out into the lake, two-year-old Thomas mimicked his father’s actions with his own toy fishing pole. Late...
God’s Love Never Runs Out
When Josie’s ill and aging father moved in with her, she felt overwhelmed by the daily needs of caring for him. The medications she needed ...
Action—Not Distraction
A school bus driver passed out at the wheel, and his large vehicle loaded with sixty students was careening out of control. Seventh grader Dillon...
Steps of Faith
Four of us hiked through the beautiful Watkins Glen Gorge in New York. At times we stood together in awe as we gazed in wonder at waterfalls and ...
Confessing to Christ
Hidden and ignored sources of toxins can have severe consequences. According to a report in The Wall Street Journal, telecom companies have left ...
