The Third Stage of Prayer—Giving Thanks

The Minnesota storyteller Kevin Kling was born with a birth defect—his left arm was disabled and much shorter than his right. Then, in his early ...

Contentment Is the Secret to 80-year Marriage

Since John Betar and Ann Shawah said "I do" back on November 25th, 1932, they have weathered many storms, but they still greet each morning ...

Tim Keller on Unanswered Prayer

Tim Keller, reflecting on the passage, "Don't be anxious but make requests to God with thanksgiving", writes that, "We would expect ...

American Pilgrims Were Heroic 'and' Flawed

Wheaton College Professor Robert Tracy McKenzie explores the heroism and weaknesses of the first American Pilgrims:

There is much to admire about the "company ...

Medieval Peasants Had More Vacation Time than Many of Us

Life for a medieval peasant was no picnic. His life was shadowed by fear of famine, disease, and bursts of warfare. But you might envy him for one thing: ...

Creation Surrounds Us with Beautiful Music

Research in the field of bioacoustics has revealed that every day we are surrounded by millions of ultrasonic songs. Did you know, for instance, that ...

Man Born without Limbs Declares God's Goodness

In 1982, Nick Vujicic was born with tetra-amelia syndrome, a rare genetic disorder. Nick has no arms or legs, although he has two small feet attached ...

Silver Place Olympians Aren't Satisfied

Olympic athletes turn down social opportunities in order to go to bed early, get out of bed before the sun comes up, and limit their diets to include ...

Thanking God in the Midst of ALS

In the fall of 2000, former megachurch pastor Ed Dobson was diagnosed with ALS (or Lou Gehrig's disease), a degenerative disease with no known cause ...

Entitlement Mindset Produces Ingratitude

The bigger our sense of entitlement, the smaller our sense of gratitude …. [Our entitlement mindset] has led to a proliferation of lawsuits: when ...