Frustrated Christmas Shopper Lashes Out

A woman was doing her last-minute Christmas shopping at a crowded mall. She was tired of fighting the crowds. She was tired of standing in lines. She ...

"The Magician's Nephew": Spiritual Blindness

Jesus is clear that it is dangerous to close one's ears, eyes, and heart to the leadings of the Holy Spirit. In The Magician's Nephew, a novel ...

Physician Describes the Frustrations of Compassion

For decades, Christian physician David Hilfiker has led a medical ministry in Washington, D.C.'s inner city. He writes:

Perhaps the deepest pain involved ...

Compassion Energizes Ministry

Pastor Matthew Woodley writes:

Two years ago I nearly ditched the pastorate. I started focusing on the negatives of my job: the Saturday-night sermon-anxiety ...

General Colin Powell on Unity

General Colin Powell writes:

On the speech circuit, I tell a story that goes to the heart of America's longing. ABC correspondent Sam Donaldson was ...

Better Skeptic than Cynic

Nathaniel [Nash] intuitively understood that there was a difference between skepticism and cynicism. ... Skepticism is about asking questions, being dubious, ...

Easy Criticism

The business of finding fault is very easy, and that of doing better very difficult.

Only Faith Will Do

To know and to serve God, of course, is why we're here, a clear truth that, like the nose on your face, is near at hand and easily discernible but ...

Burned or Purified?

Warren Wiersbe says that realism is idealism that has been through the fire and got purified; cynicism is idealism that has been through the fire and ...