God Knows My Name

My 4-year-old son Jonathan was trying to learn the Lord's Prayer. He learned by listening at church each Sunday.

On one Sunday as we were praying the ...

Devotion Greater Than Temptation

Henri Nouwen once said in a Leadership journal interview:

I cannot continuously say no to this or no to that, unless there is something ten times more ...

God's Favor toward Us

There are many reasons God saves you: to bring glory to himself, to appease his justice, to demonstrate his sovereignty. But one of the sweetest reasons ...

The Father at the Cross

Last week my son, Bjorn, got sick.

I took his temperature, and it was 102.5. The Children's Advil came out. He slugged down the appropriate dose for ...

Finding Peace through Adversity

Marie J. Wiebe, an ordained minister for the Evangelical Covenant Church in Camarillo, California, describes her difficult recovery from a massive stroke: ...

Our Worth to God

A certain speaker started off his seminar by holding up a $20 bill. "Who would like this $20 bill?" he asked. Hands started going up throughout ...

Mixed News of Gospel

In the gospel, we discover we are far worse off than we thought, and far more loved than we ever dreamed.

Waiting in Love

A man and woman spotted each other on the morning New York-to-Washington air shuttle. Sparks flew, but no words were exchanged, even as they stood together ...

Kennedy’s Concern

In Seymour Hearsh's not-so-flattering book on President John Kennedy, he tells the story of the death of Kennedy's son Patrick, who was born prematurely ...

Stumbling Over God’s Gifts

The greatest enemy of hunger for God is not poison but apple pie. It is not the banquet of the wicked that dulls our appetite for heaven, but endless ...