Christmas Giving

It's just a small, white envelope stuck among the branches of our Christmas tree. No name, no identification, no inscription. It has peeked through ...

Attitude Tested

When I was 11 and my brother Joe was 15, I was sure he could lift small cars and jump small buildings without breaking a sweat. He was the coolest, toughest, ...

Boasting in God

Ramon Piaguaje, a Secoya Indian born and raised in the rain forest of Ecuador, won the Winsor & Newton Millennium Art Competition, the largest painting ...

Father and Son

In Leadership, pastor and author Stu Weber writes:

My youngest son is the third of three boys. The first two are high-powered; the third is not any less ...

Not All Composers Make Good Conductors

He wanted to conduct. His conducting style, however, was idiosyncratic. During soft passages he'd crouch extremely low. For loud sections, he'd ...

Gifts Grow through Practice

Gifts are not necessarily mature at the time of discovery ... they are developed through practice.

Open Hands Go Both Ways

All too often we regard stewardship simply as a matter of our giving to God, but this aspect is secondary. Before we can give, we must possess, and before ...

Grace Undeserved

What an immense grace God is giving me! But how did I come to deserve it after so many sins? Truly our God is a God of mercy! He loads you with gifts ...

Return to Sender

When my niece, Toni, turned six, I excitedly gave her some gifts I had spent extra time shopping for. Two weeks later, when I asked if she was enjoying ...

Sometimes You Get What You Need

Sometimes God is so touched by what he sees, he gives us what we need and not simply that for which we ask.