Home Saved from Forest Fire

Last summer, a friend noticed that a forest fire had started on the mountain ridge above our home. I called 911 and was told it was under control.

But ...

Father Comforts Child Through a Mail Slot

Author Garry Friesen writes: When my friend Reilly told me about his first visit to our church, I learned something about prayer. Reilly says that after ...

"The Sound of Music": Facing Your Calling

The classic film The Sound of Music is about a candidate for the convent (Julie Andrews) who is searching for God's will for her life. She has trouble ...

$20 Arrives as Answer to Couple's Prayer

Author Elmer Towns writes:

My wife and I went through college by faith. If we had not prayed together daily through all our difficulties, I don't know ...

Mother's Unanswered Prayer for Self-Improvement

We all know what it's like to still have growing to do.

Jeanne Olsen, a mother of five from Illinois, took her daughter Kirsten, age 9, out for a mother-daughter ...

By Providence Franklin Graham Lands Safely

In Leadership Weekly, Joe McKeever writes:

Late one night, a man in Slim Cornett's church was showing Slim around a county airport in rural Mississippi. ...

Bible and Prayer Equally Important

An old saint was asked, "Which is the more important: reading God's Word or praying?"

To which he replied, "Which is more important ...

Solitude Is Source of Freedom

Ministry must be done in a rhythm of engagement and withdrawal. Wise followers of Christ have always understood solitude to be the foundational practice. ...

Caring in a Violent Neighborhood

Charles Lyons, pastor of Armitage Baptist Church in Chicago, Illinois, writes:

People still get killed in my neighborhood. A 13-year-old kid gets gunned ...

A Pastor's Honest Prayer

In her book Holy the Firm, Annie Dillard writes of attending a small church with some 20 people:

The minister is a Congregationalist and wears a white ...