Her adversaries have become rulers; her enemies relax. Certainly the LORD caused her grief because of her many wrong acts. Her children have gone away, captive before the enemy. (CEB) Lamentations 1:5 In...
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The following article by David K. Wheeler begins four Fridays of conversation on the topic of personal finance. In brief, we'll address book-buying, cutting back, giving more, and money in marriage. ----- One...
The very night I finished radiation, I joined a gym. It was on my list, right before, "Get Pizza for Dinner."
Judah was exiled after suffering and hard service. She lives among the nations; she finds no rest. All who were chasing her caught her —right in the middle of her distress. (CEB) Lamentations...
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 “Depression causes more disability than any other psychiatric disorder,” Laity Leadership Institute senior fellow Dan Blazer...
Oh, no! She sits alone, the city that was once full of people. Once great among nations, she has become like a...
Oh, no! She sits alone, the city that was once full of people. Once great among nations, she has become like a widow. Once a queen over provinces, she has become a slave...
I turn 40 next month, the official gateway to a place called "over the hill." My husband smirks when he reminds me. He’s got one hand on the steering wheel, and his other...
Transcript For Craig, it wasn’t one of those days…it was one of those years: sales gone south, competitors circling, several employees leaving. Craig said, "I feel like Job!" That sent him to his...
Author and New York Times contributor, Marilynne Robinson, reminds us, "The Bible is the model for and subject of more art and...
But when the right time came, God sent his Son, born of a woman, subject to the law. God sent him to...
“I’ve decided that life is a Ponzi scheme.” I give my friend a quizzical look. “Do you know what that is?” “Yeah, sure, sort of. Isn’t that what Bernie Madoff got in all...
Does God understand us? How does God regard us when we struggle? When we’re discouraged? When we’re tempted? Hebrews 2:10-18 offers an encouraging answer to these questions. ...
How can we escape from the power of sin and death? How can we experience forgiveness? How can we live each day in unbroken relationship with God? Answers to these questions can be...
Twenty-four years ago, my wife starting having labor pains early on Christmas Day. It was our second child; our first had been induced, so we didn’t quite know what to expect with this...
