The Gift of a Spider

Nien Cheng, an older Chinese Christian woman, has written a book entitled Life and Death in Shanghai. The author spent six years in a Red Guard prison ...

Silent Witness

Beverly Hamilton writes in Today's Christian Woman:

For several months, I'd been trying to lead Sharon, a co-worker, to the Lord. One day, she ...

Shower of Surprise

One August night, my children dragged me to the backyard to watch a meteor shower. I reluctantly joined them thinking, I have so many details to tend ...

Mysterious Voice

I neglected to tell my new patient, a little boy, how his hospital room intercom worked. Soon his light flashed. I called his name and asked what he wanted. ...

The Staggering Miracle of Christ

In the super-miracle of the Incarnation, our very Creator, Preserver, Judge, becomes our Kinsman, Sinbearer, Redeemer! Of all miracles and mysteries this ...

A Liturgy on the Incarnation

He whom none may touch is seized;

He who looses Adam from the curse is bound.

He who tries the hearts and inner thoughts of man is unjustly brought to trial; ...

Growing with Questions

We do not grow by knowing all of the answers, but rather by living with the questions.

God's Unfathomable Works

God, who is eternal, infinite, supremely mighty, does great and unfathomable things in heaven and in earth, and there is no understanding his wonderful ...

The Most Fantastic Story Ever Told

The Almighty appeared on earth as a helpless human baby, needing to be fed and changed and taught to talk like any other child. The more you think about ...

Celebrating the Visit of God

On that first Christmas morning, the world must have seemed a hard place to Mary. At the end of a weary journey there was "no room at the inn." ...