While I've always loved the smell and shiny packaging of new dreams, they usually choke to death in the cellophane. Whenever I'd bring one home, I'd fantasize about the plots and special features....
In 2010, my husband, Carey, and I left a company with which we had labored for over a decade. We didn’t know exactly where God was leading, but we knew it was time...
When my husband, Carey, and I were first married, we lived in a tiny one-bedroom apartment near the seminary we both attended. We owned one car, just enough furniture to fit into our 350-square...
Joann worked in the human resources department, and she often wondered if someone had put a sign on her door that read “Complain Here.” The folks in administration complained to her about their...
“Above all, you must live as citizens of heaven, conducting yourselves in a manner worthy of the Good News about Christ. Then...
The Washington Institute recently asked Susan Den Herder--owner of Freshly Pressed Stationery, a hand-printed letterpress line of stationery, and editor of Canal West, a curated online design and...
Mike St. Pierre is guest blogging over at Life of a Steward and he has in intriguing post on leadership qualities. This subject has been covered in countless ways, but his four qualities...
"Joy to the World" may be my very favorite Christmas carol. I love its exuberant proclamation and inspiring melody. Of course, like most classic hymns and Christmas songs, "Joy to the World" was...
Joy to the world! The Lord is come. ...
"Hark, the Herald Angels Sing" is one of the most familiar and popular of Christmas carols. Like "Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus," it was written by the musical prolific poet Charles Wesley. Or, at...
Silent Night is surely one of the most beloved Christmas carols in the world today. If you know the familiar story of this song's origin, you know it didn't start out this way...
I can still remember when I first heard "Joseph's Song" by Michael Card. It was during the autumn of 1988. My wife Linda and I had just bought our first stereo (the same...
A single mom with two kids was facing some hard financial times last December. She knew she was not going to be...
In 1984, comedian and singer Mark Lowry wrote a program for a Christmas pageant at his church. His script included questions for Mary while she was holding the baby on Christmas night. Years later,...
It’s not until you’ve been royally screwed over by someone at work that you realize how impossible it is to forgive. ...
John Ruskin wrote the following in "Unto This Last." ...
The focal prayer of Advent is: "Come, Lord!" Remembering the yearning of Israel, we prepare to celebrate the first coming of the Messiah at Christmas. We also look forward to his second coming. And...
I had good intentions. ...
"Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus," was written by the prolific eighteenth-century hymn writer, Charles Wesley. Brother of John Wesley, the cofounder of Methodism, Charles wrote over 6,000 hymns,...
Every family has unique traditions around holidays, but especially when it comes to Christmas. Do you open gifts on Christmas Eve? Attend a worship service? So many times it's the little details...
