Ministering at Any Age

Elizabeth Dole writes in Christian Reader:

My grandmother practiced what she preached and lived her life for others. When it became necessary for her, ...

Silent Witness

Beverly Hamilton writes in Today's Christian Woman:

For several months, I'd been trying to lead Sharon, a co-worker, to the Lord. One day, she ...

Preach with Conviction

I think it was Goethe who said, after hearing a young minister, "When I go to hear a preacher preach, I may not agree with what he says, but I want ...

Why Leave the Cross Inside?

A few years ago, the priest at a North Carolina Catholic church placed his usual array of Lenten crosses, draped all in black for Good Friday, out in ...

Accidental Conversion

For months after we met I found myself listening to him, wondering at the old man carrying out the words, 'Leave all and follow Me.' But little ...

Convince Them with Joy

If we can convince people that we are onto something that's full of joy, they'll stampede one another to follow us.

Mashed Potatoes Need Salt

My wife and I do a great deal of entertaining, particularly with students. Once as we sat down, I looked at my wife and her face went absolutely white. ...

Candace, Queen of Ethiopia

Candace was a queen of Ethiopia, the one mentioned in (Acts 8:27) in the story of Philip witnessing to an Ethiopian eunuch who was this queen's treasurer. ...

Of Choice and Conscience

The late golf champion Babe Didrickson Zaharias once disqualified herself from a golf tournament for having hit the wrong ball out of the rough. "But ...

Clay Shiver: No Thanks, Playmates

Florida State University's sports information department had big news for Clay Shiver early this year [1995]: Playboy magazine had selected him for ...