Why Wait

In Nouwen Then, author Luci Shaw writes:

I'm an impatient, restless person. Slowing down and waiting seem like a waste of time. Yet waiting seems to ...

Stolen Dreams

Larry Carter, president of Great Lakes Christian College, tells the following true story:

I remember when I was a kid, some 40 years ago, playing on a ...

Keep Your Fork

A woman was diagnosed with a terminal illness and had been given three months to live. As she was getting her things in order, she contacted her pastor ...

Flying Into the Sun

I was sitting next to a little old lady on a flight to Europe. She was very nervous. I said, "Is this your first flight?"

She said, "No, ...

Hope Is the Basis

It is not the way we deal with our human situation that is the basis for hope--hope is the basis for how we deal with our human situation.

The Christian Anchor

If ever you have the chance to visit the catacombs in Rome, those tunnels under the ancient city, where many of the early Christians were buried, you ...

Single-Minded Purpose

When Luther's puppy happened to be at the table, he looked for a morsel from his master, and watched with open mouth and motionless eyes; he (Martin ...

Earthly Kingdoms Always Perish

Several years ago the noted British journalist Malcolm Muggeridge was a guest at a breakfast in Washington, D.C. ... When he had finished his testimony, ...

Trust in God and Don't Quit

Christians behind the Iron Curtain in Ukraine and Serbia celebrated Christmas. I was touched when I read a little article about Christmas Day in Sarejevo. ...

Talk About the Weather

I have a friend who radiates joy, not because his life is easy, but because he habitually recognizes God's presence in the midst of all human suffering, ...