Tiptoeing down stairs so I wouldn't wake up the rest of the house, I felt like a kid at Christmas, checking to see if Santa had come yet. Unlike my friend Jack, morning was my favorite part of the day. I loved to revel in its quietness, as the package of a new day was [...]
"Then he said to the disciples, 'Anyone who accepts your message is also accepting me. And anyone who rejects you is rejecting me. And anyone who rejects me is rejecting God, who send me.'" --Luke 10:16 (NLT) Most of us who live in America don’t know what it means to be shunned for Christ, and [...]
I once heard a pastor who jokingly said, "Hurry up and get a back seat, because soon they'll all be gone." In contrast, one fashion designer went on record as saying that if you don't sit in the first three rows of an event, you might as well stay home. The front row is a [...]
If you were to talk to me about famine, I must admit that since I can get a snack out of the fridge any time I want, the idea of having nothing to eat was rather foreign to me. I tried to get my head around it, but it just wasn't happening. That's why last [...]
The day had been extremely hard and confusing for Joe. He had been told to pack up his things and leave, since he had been replaced at work. Joe didn't know how long he had been sitting in his car, fuming with anger. Remembering all the times he had Come in early and stayed late, [...]
"We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, the champion who initiates and perfects our faith." Hebrews 12:2, New Living Translation Have you ever taken a picture with your eyes closed? You may think that's a silly question, but my wife and I have both done this many times. We have an application on [...]