The Christian Anchor

If ever you have the chance to visit the catacombs in Rome, those tunnels under the ancient city, where many of the early Christians were buried, you ...

The Problem with Living Together

Dr. Nancy Moore Clagworthy spent ten years researching people who lived together without being married. When she began her research, she was "convinced ...

In the Father's Arms

Though I was barely 6 years of age, I well remember sitting by a roaring fire on a Sunday during World War 2. Our family had fled the bombs that rained ...

Holding Jesus

We human being are so security-oriented. Whether it is conscious or not, we all need and want security in our lives. From the time we are born, we are ...

Safety in God's Will

The center of God's will is our only safety.

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 ...

Invictus Revisited

When I was young, a poem often quoted was "Invictus" by William Ernest Henley.

"Out of the night that covers me, black as a pit from pole ...

Pouring a Foundation

When our church organized a work team for a short-term missions trip to Spain, they wanted "skilled" workers, but were willing to take a few ...

Terrified by the Unknown

An Arab chief tells a story of a spy who was captured and then sentenced to death by a general in the Persian army. This general had the strange custom ...

Held Back by Fear

I used to carry my aged mother up and down the stairs of our home here in Chicago. And she would grab onto the banister while I was carrying her up or ...