I entreat Euodia and I entreat Syntyche to agree in the Lord. And I ask you also, true, yokefellow, help these women, for they have labored side by side with me in the...
President Harry Truman loved to tell about the annual Fourth of July picnic he attended growing up in Missouri. Every year, an old Civil War veteran would rise and tell the same battle story. ...
The LORD said to Moses, "Send some men to explore the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites. From each ancestral tribe send one of its leaders."… They came back...
The man who fears is not made perfect in love. (1 John 4:18b NIV) ...
"Ain’t she a beauty?" ...
One of the things I like most about the Bible is the motley and flawed collection of characters that populate its pages...
My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When can I go and meet with God? ...
"This day shall be for you a memorial day, and you shall keep it as a feast to the LORD; throughout your generations you shall observe it as an ordinance for ever. Seven...
If you listen, you can hear what they say about him: ...
James wrote to regular Christians, folks like you and me. Folks who know trials, temptations, and suffering (James 1:2-13; 3; 10). Folks...
In 1967, a turbulent era not unlike our own, the late Northrop Frye was a biblical and literary scholar. He also was an ordained clergyman in the United Church of Canada, and he made this...
Since the recent end of Guatemala’s long civil war, stories have come out of the rural villages in the western mountains of this Central American nation. Most stories recount unthinkable violence...
“To live above with saints we love, oh won’t that be glory! But to live below with saints we know, well, that’s a different story.” - Anonymous "I love humanity; it's people I...
I have seen bad things happen to good people, and I have experienced difficult times for myself. Their suffering has helped me...
Through Jesus, God declares to the world that hardship and adversity do not have the final word. God has the last word, and it is shalom.
"I've loved you the way my Father has loved me. Make yourselves at home in my love. If you keep my commands, you'll remain intimately at home in my love. That's what I've...
A poorly dressed woman walked into a five-star downtown hotel. She saw the front desk and smiled as she walked to the receptionist. ...
From our jolting arrival on planet Earth until our final breath, when do we know when we have enough? Enough power, respect, beauty, notice . . . and exactly when and what is enough? ...
Nursery attendant Peggy Davis has been on the job for 39 years. On a high-traffic Sunday, one or two parents come to the nursery to drop off their babies. But Peggy Davis shows...
In December of 1955, at the end of a long day on the job, Rosa Parks declined to give up her seat on a public bus in Montgomery, Alabama. For a small act...
