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.
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...
James wrote to regular Christians, folks like you and me. Folks who know trials, temptations, and suffering (James 1:2-13; 3; 10). Folks...
If you listen, you can hear what they say about him: ...
“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...
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...
"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...
I have seen bad things happen to good people, and I have experienced difficult times for myself. Their suffering has helped me...
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...
Ever experience the tyranny of the too-familiar? Knowing something so well that you lose the joy of experiencing it for the first...
Childhood blankets you with a fanfare of natural joys: fantasy travel, handmade toys and books, shared Kool-Aid. Candy cigarettes, necklaces and bracelets . . . endless bike rides, homemade ice...
Perhaps no athlete in the history of modern sport suffered more humiliation than Jackie Robinson of the Brooklyn Dodgers. In 1947 Robinson was called up to become the major leagues’ first African...
My grandfather on my mother's side was a pious man, though you had to know him well to see it. He was a Maine farmer with little to say about God, and normally...
I will not marry a minister. ...
“Paul, get here as quickly as possible!” South Florida’s News-Leader—the number one newsroom in the nation— was on the line. San Francisco Giants pitcher Dave Dravecky had just broken his arm...
We tell our children about the people we hope they will become (and indeed hope we are): people of courage and conviction...
Blame it on my New York birth. Blame it on my medical background. But man and woman, I move fast! I remember my tennis coach shaking his head as I returned his volley...
