The Testing
The first time I took my sons to hike a Colorado Fourteener—a mountain with an...
A Time to Speak
For thirty long years, the African American woman worked faithfully for a large global ministry....
At the King’s Table
“He’ll live,” the vet announced, “but his leg will have to be amputated.” The stray...
Wherever We Worship
Intense pain and a debilitating headache prevented me from attending services with my local church...
Unlimited
There I am, sitting in the shopping mall food court, my body tense and my...
An Unexpected Guest
Zach was a lonely guy. When he walked down the city streets, he could feel...
A Living Document
In memorializing his grandfather’s work, Peter Croft wrote, “It is my deepest desire for the...
Complete in Christ
In a popular film, an actor plays a success-driven sports agent whose marriage begins to...
Mercy and Grace
A stately sunflower stood on its own in the center of a lonely stretch of...
Loving Your Enemy
I ducked into a room before she saw me. I was ashamed of hiding, but...
Remember and Celebrate
On December 6, 1907, explosions rocked a small community in the US state of West...
Fearless Love
There are some images so powerful they can never be forgotten. That was my experience...
The Beauty of Adoption
The 2009 film The Blind Side depicts the true story of Michael Oher, a homeless teenager. A...
Blooming for Jesus
I wasn’t truthful about the tulips. A gift from my younger daughter, the packaged bulbs...
Firm Refusal
When the Nazis drafted Franz Jägerstätter during World War II, he completed military basic training...
Navigating the Storms of Life
On July 16, 1999, the small plane piloted by John F. Kennedy Jr. crashed into...
God’s Protection
Needles, milk, mushrooms, elevators, births, bees, and bees in blenders—these are just a fraction of...
He Will Fight for You
The wounded horse was named Drummer Boy, one of 112 mounts carrying British soldiers into...
The Power of God
Rebecca and Russell’s doctors told them they couldn’t have children. But God had other ideas—and...
A Wise Builder
Sojourner Truth, whose birth name was Isabella Baumfree, was born a slave in 1797 in...
Got Plans?
Caden, a young man of almost eighteen, was anticipating attending his first choice of a...
Pursued by Love
“I fled Him, down the nights and down the days,” opens the famous poem “The...
Singing Over Us
A young father held his baby boy in his arms, singing to him and rocking...
Fueled by Fire
When two firefighters, weary and sooty, stopped at a restaurant for breakfast, the waitress recognized...
Quarantined by Fear
In 2020, an outbreak of the coronavirus left the world in fear. People were quarantined,...
Companions in Christ
The Harvard Study of Adult Development is a decades-long project that’s resulted in a greater...
The Reason to Rest
If you want to live longer, take a vacation! Forty years after a study of...
A Strong Heart
In his book Fearfully and Wonderfully Made, co-authored with Philip Yancey, Dr. Paul Brand observed,...
Snow Muse
He says to the snow, “Fall on the earth,” and to the rain shower, “Be...
Never Give Up
“Time went by. War came in.” That’s how Bishop Semi Nigo of the Keliko people...