Happiness Is a Dividend

I have observed that when any of us embarks on the pursuit of happiness for ourselves, it eludes us. Often I've asked myself why. It must be because ...

Life's Cycle

Keep us, Lord, so awake in the duties of our calling that we may sleep in thy peace and wake in thy glory.

Time and Eternity

It is precisely because of the eternity outside time that everything in time becomes valuable and important and meaningful. Therefore, Christianity ... ...

God is our Landlord

We are God's tenants here, and yet here He, our landlord, pays us rents--not yearly, nor quarterly, but hourly and quarterly; every minute He renews ...

Giving Brings More Gifts

When we give to others, God gives us something in return: freedom from the tyranny of our problems.

God Opens His Hands

When in prayer you clasp your hands, God opens his.

Retrieving Perspective

Gary Thomas writes in Christianity Today:

Thinking about eternity helps us retrieve [perspective]. I'm reminded of this every year when I figure my ...

Real Reward

I once heard a story about a father who inquired of his son when he planned to purchase a much-needed automobile. "When God sends my one hundred ...

Escapism--Or Truth?

We are very shy nowadays of even mentioning Heaven. We are afraid of the jeer about "pie in the sky," and of being told that we are trying to ...

The Blessings of Charity

He who bestows his goods upon the poor shall have as much again and ten times more.