The Honor of Early Adoption

The notion that "the first will be last" doesn't seem to bother some folks. When Apple's revolutionary iPhone hit the market in late ...

The Hunger Christ Blesses

It is the desire for God which is the most fundamental appetite of all, and it is an appetite we can never eliminate. We may seek to disown it, but it ...

Seeing Jesus in the Dark

When I was a student at Harvard Divinity School, I learned preaching from Dr. Gardner Taylor, a pastor in New York City. I'll never forget those lectures. ...

Sitting with God on the Bathroom Floor

In his book The Pressure's Off, psychologist Larry Crabb uses a story from his childhood to illustrate our need to delight in God through adversity: ...

The Art of Offering Condolence

College English professor Jess Decourcy Hinds, of Brooklyn, New York, lost her father to a painful battle with bone cancer. Following his death, she was ...

Man Auctions a Mother's Touch

Citizen, a publication from Focus on the Family, reported the online auction of a "mother's touch."

Dan Baber honored his mother by posting ...

"Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest": Reading the Bible for Credit

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest continues the swashbuckling story of Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) and his friends, Will Turner (Orlando ...

Husband Seeks Attention in a Harmful Way

Dave Goetz writes in "Marital Drift”:

Recently, Jana and I weathered one of the most stressful weeks in our marriage. I'd spent the previous ...

Searching for an Identity

In his book Searching for God Knows What, Donald Miller describes the events surrounding his conversion and spiritual formation. The following story occurred ...

Wife Learns Marriage Lessons from Animal Trainers

Amy Sutherland communicates some interesting ideas about husbands and wives in an article she wrote for the New York Times called, "What Shamu Taught ...