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 ...

Christmas Any Time

In June I was waiting in a clinic for my doctor's appointment when an older couple arrived. "Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas!" the older ...

Attitude Adjustment

Inspirational speaker and writer Barbara Johnson tells this story:

The day had not started out well for a certain woman. She had overslept and was late ...

Joy Hard Won

In Decision, Joni Eareckson Tada writes:

Honesty is always the best policy, but especially when you're surrounded by a crowd of women in a restroom ...

Fuel of Happiness

British theologian C.S. Lewis described happiness 50 years ago in terms that make even more sense today in our commuter-driven society:

A car is made to ...

Unhappy Christians Hurt Witness

I once asked a deeply religious man if he considered himself a truly pious person. He responded that while he aspired to be one, he felt that he fell ...

Where Do We Find Contentment?

John Rosemond, a funny nationally syndicated columnist—and also a family psychologist—likes to take unusual informal polls of parents. Whenever ...

Pursuit of Happiness

In Dangers, Toils & Snares, John Ortberg writes:

When we take our children to the shrine of the Golden Arches, they always lust for the meal that comes ...

Things Don't Mean Happiness

Fortune magazine quotes a comment made by billionaire H. Ross Perot: "Guys, just remember, if you get real lucky, if you make a lot of money, if ...

Three Ways of Life

There are only three kinds of persons; those who serve God, having found Him; others who are occupied in seeking Him, not having found Him; while the ...