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 ...

Finding Comfort in the Worshiping Community

I got the news that I was sick on the afternoon of my 39th birthday. It took a bit of time, travel, and a series of wretched tests to get the specific ...

Building the Perfect Christmas Tree

Every December, Slats Grobnik sells Christmas trees in Chicago. He tells the story of one year when he met a couple that was out on the hunt for just ...

Loving Your Neighbor Reasonably

Love your neighbor as yourself; but don't take down the fence.

—Carl Sandburg, American poet, novelist, and historian (1878–1967)

Someone Is Watching

Syndicated New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman, a keen observer of world trends, devoted a recent column to the idea that technology has made everyone ...

Friends Can Cause Obesity

The New England Journal of Medicine recently exposed another factor that contributes to obesity: a person's circle of friends. Statistics say it isn't ...

Our Duty to the Church

The Church is like a great ship being pounded by the waves of life's different stresses. Our duty is not to abandon ship, but to keep her on course. ...

How God Comforts

God comforts in many ways, and James and Jill Kilibarda of Minnesota have discovered one of those ways.

Looking forward to the birth of their first child, ...

Thanksgiving at Fair Acres

Writer Virginia Stem Owens describes a Thanksgiving dinner she shared with her parents in a nursing home:

… The tables have been rearranged, end-to-end ...

A Lesson in Conservation

I grew up in the mountains of South India. My parents were missionaries to the tribal people of the hills, and our lives were about as simple as they ...