Taking Justice Seriously

Christy Award-winning Christian fiction writer Lisa Samson describes her move from suburban Maryland to inner-city Lexington, Kentucky:

I'd call [our ...

Facing Harsh Reality

The trouble with steeling yourself against the harshness of reality is that the same steel that secures your life against being destroyed secures your ...

How to Develop Experience

A young man was appointed president of a bank. Intimidated by his new responsibilities, he nervously sought the advice of his gray-haired predecessor: ...

Drought Uncovers Treasure

The summer drought of 2007 allowed scientists and archaeologists in Florida to look through a window into the state's past and uncover hidden treasures ...

Children Play with a Bomb

Children will play with virtually anything they get their hands on. It's no surprise, then, that when Dutch children in the town of Barneveld uncovered ...

The Risk of Hope

To hope is to risk frustration. Therefore, make up your mind to risk frustration.

—Thomas Merton, Trappist monk and writer (1915–1968)

Sitting with God on the Bathroom Floor

In his book The Pressure's Off, psychologist Larry Crabb uses a story from his childhood to illustrate our need to delight in God through adversity: ...

N. T. Wright on Discipleship

The way to Christian growth is often to allow oneself to be puzzled and startled by new apparent complexity … Is it, after all, Jesus we want to ...

Finding Hope in Tragedy

After her daughter was born, Nancy [Guthrie] knew something was wrong. Though she named the baby Hope, there wasn't much to be hopeful about. Born ...

Dad Recognizes His Discouraging Words

My ten-year-old son was "helping" me paint the laundry room. I brushed; he rolled. When he disappeared to get a Coke, I re-rolled where he'd ...