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We Signed Up for This – Hebrews 11:25-26

Building What Lasts

When I was a young boy in Ohio, we lived near several construction sites. Inspired by them, my friends and I gathered leftover scraps to build a ...

No Longer Afraid of Death – John 11:25

Step in Faith

John was devastated when he lost his job. Closer to the end of his career than the beginning, he knew it would be hard to start over somewhere ne...

The Authority of Jesus – Mark 1:22

Acts of Grace

In the novel About Grace, David Winkler longs to find his estranged daughter, and Herman Sheeler is the only person who can help him. But there&r...

The God of Creation

Face Time with God

The year 2022 was very special for my wife and me. That’s the year our granddaughter, Sophia Ashley, was born—the only granddaughter ...

O Holy Night! – Hebrews 10:23

Welcome Baby Jesus

It felt like we’d been waiting forever for news that our pregnant neighbor had welcomed her first baby. When a sign declaring “It&rsq...

Christmas Changes Everything – Luke 1:26-27

The Light of Christ

My husband and I have always enjoyed attending the Christmas Eve service at our church. In the early years of our marriage, we had a special trad...

God Hears Her | The True Miracle of Christmas

Have you ever had a terrible Christmas? Do you find yourself getting caught up in making things look perfect, even though you’re exhausted or f...

Even We Can Carry the King! – John 12:14-15

Friendly Ambition

Gregory of Nazianzus and Basil of Caesarea were celebrated leaders in the fourth-century church and also close friends. They first met as philoso...

Discover the Word | More… Christmas Names

Last week, we listened to some conversations the Discover the Word group had some time ago, entitled “Christmas Names of Jesus,” which focuse...

Tell Me the Story of Jesus – Acts 2:32

Tangible Love

  As I sat next to my friend Margaret, who was lying in her hospital bed, I took in the bustle and activity of the other patients, medi...

An Unexpected Slowdown – Psalm 46:10

Window to the Wonderful

Photographer Ronn Murray likes cold weather. Very cold weather. “Cold means clear skies,” notes journalist Lee Cowan in a TV intervie...

The Gift You Give God – Luke 2:15–19

The Truth Never Changes

When he was younger, my son Xavier and I read a fictional children’s story about a boy who rebelled against his teacher by referring to a p...

Hope for a Rockwell Christmas – Psalm 130:7

God’s View of Us

It was 1968, and America was mired in a war with Vietnam, racial violence was exploding in cities, and two public figures had been assassinated. ...