Sensitive Demands

I took my two youngest kids to the Batavia quarry on my day off a week ago. It has a beautiful sand beach with shallow water. Or you can go out into the ...

God Is What Makes Heaven

My family and I have lived in the same house for seventeen years. We've lived there more than twice as long as I have lived at any other address in ...

A Vision of Fatherly Love

At the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, the world watched as a parable of the father's love was played out on international television.

As the gun ...

After this Manner

To say to God

"Our Father"

Is wondering gratitude,

Is ardent venturing awe,

Is humble penitence,

Is reverential praise,

Is endless fellowship,

Is all-committing ...

Gentle Discipline

Out of parental concern and a desire to teach our young son responsibility, we require him to phone home when he arrives at his friend's house a few ...

He Walked Away Crushed

Several years ago, my second son, Steve, tried out for the high school football team. One day he walked into my office and proclaimed with great excitement, ...

Riptide in Alaska

In Man in the Mirror, Patrick Morley tells of a group of fishermen who landed in a secluded bay in Alaska and had a great day fishing for salmon. But ...

Big Difference

The devil tempts us to bring us down, but God tests us to bring us up.

I Miss My Daddy

At the end of a five-day retreat for families affected by disabilities, a microphone was passed around so all the participants could share a couple of ...

Leaving the Comfort Zone

If we would be enlarged, we must accept all that God sends us to develop and expand our spiritual life. We are so content to abide at the old level that ...