Sin Blinds Us from Seeing Sin

When I was a teenager, I met a man who had this rather disturbing way of pointing out things that I found downright uncomfortable. In one discussion, ...

St. Louis Cardinal Dies Despite Excellent Physical Appearance

On Saturday, June 22, 2002, the scheduled game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field was cancelled because of an eerie ...

A Father's Strength and a Son's Heart

Father and son Dick and Ricky Hoyt have run together in more than 800 Ironman races (which include swimming, biking, and running). But the son, Ricky, ...

Encouragement Treasured

Sister Helen Mrosia writes:

In an earlier grade, I'd taped Mark's mouth shut for talking too much in class. Now he was one of my students in junior ...

Confession Prepares the Heart

Max Lucado writes:

Confession does for the soul what preparing the land does for the field. Before the farmer sows the seed, he works the acreage, removing ...

Barney Can't Compete

In the Minneapolis Star-Tribune (1/17/98) Judy Zmerold writes:

Three-year-old Katie was taken to her pediatrician during a recent bout with the flu. As ...

Words Reveal the Heart

I am by words and actions constantly revealing the state of my heart. When we lived in a small valley town in California, I was Christmas shopping one ...

The Mind Matters

We cannot measure spiritual force by rules of philosophy or definitions of theology any more than by a carpenter's rule or chemist's scales. It ...

Impossible Coexistence

I [have] learned that worship and worry cannot live in the same heart: they are mutually exclusive.

Renew Our Spirits

O Lord, renew our spirits and draw our hearts unto thyself, that our work may not be to us a burden, but a delight; and give us such a mighty love to ...