Keeping Discouragement at Bay

A man stopped to watch a Little League baseball game. He asked one of the youngsters what the score was. "We're losing 18-0," was the answer. ...

Persevering through Pain

Author and pastor Gary Preston writes:

Recently I read about a professional hockey player who is a star of the NHL team in the metro area near where I ...

Don't Waste the Pain

Author and speaker Jill Briscoe writes:

I was grateful and excited. My daughter, Judy, agreed to accompany me to Australia where I was to speak at a conference. ...

Parable of an Overcomer

The parable is told of an old dog that fell into a farmer's well. After assessing the situation, the farmer sympathized with the dog but decided that ...

Let God Take Control

A big part of Christian maturity is learning to let God keep you steady and to be ruled less and less by your emotions and circumstances.

Church Growth in China

In spite of the fact that missionaries were expelled in the early 1950s and Christians endured severe persecution in the mid-1960s, the number of Christians ...

The Wisdom of the Suspension Bridge

I want to tell you something that may surprise you. If you're making a trip to San Francisco and you want the safest place to go, you go to the middle ...

Murphy's Church Laws

Murphy in the Pew

Next to the Law of Gravity, one of the most inescapable universal truths is undoubtedly Murphy's Law: "If anything can go wrong, ...

Staying Above the Water

The waters are rising, but so am I. I am not going under, but over.

Placing Blame

It may not be your fault for being down, but it's got to be your fault for not getting up.