Waiting Like a Trapeze Flyer

Not long before his death, Henri Nouwen wrote a book called Sabbatical Journeys. He writes about some friends of his who were trapeze artists, called ...

Charles Schulz: Lover of Losers

With the death of "Peanuts" cartoonist Charles Schulz, many commented on his ability to reflect on the sadnesses of real life through the experiences ...

Light of Christmas

About twenty years ago there was a house near the entrance of our subdivision that kept their Christmas lights burning long after the season was past. ...

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 ...