Spiritual Advantages of Poverty

Why would God single out the poor for special attention over any other group? I used to wonder. What makes the poor deserving of God's concern? I ...

Former Slave's Story Ends with Freedom

In her book Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Harriet Jacobs wrote these words about her years of slavery: "Only by experience can any one realize ...

Mother Supported in Caring for Handicapped Son

Author Henry Cloud writes:

When I was four years old, I came down with a leg disease that left me bedridden, then in a wheelchair, and then in braces and ...

"Endurance": Ernest Shackleton Senses God's Presence

The story of Sir Ernest Shackleton's daring expedition to cross the Antarctic is captured in the film Endurance.

In December of 1914, Shackleton and ...

Grieving Father Trusts Eternal Shipbuilder

Author Richard Exley writes:

I know one minister who returned to his pulpit ten days after his son committed suicide. Under duress he read his text: "And ...

Soldiers March Proudly Through Hurricane Isabel

For a week Washington, D.C., meteorologists kept their eye on Hurricane Isabel as she moved in a northwesterly direction from the Southern Atlantic. Boasting ...

Training for the Finish Line

When asked what running track taught him about patience, pastor Wayne Cordeiro of New Hope Christian Fellowship O'ahu answered:

Impetuous young athletes ...

Young Man Relies on Christ in Sickness

I've been around college students a long time, and you can't help but have your favorites. One of my favorites was a kid named Tim Vanderveen ...

Attitude Determines Outcome

John C. Maxwell writes:

When confronted with a difficult situation, a person with an outstanding attitude makes the best of it while he gets the worst ...

Alexandr Solzhenitsyn's Hardships in Writing

In his autobiography The Oak and the Calf, Alexandr Solzhenitsyn recalls how he "wrote" in the concentration camps, where writing was forbidden, ...