Experiencing Emmanuel in Prison

Roy Borges writes in Today's Christian:

Locked behind the razor-wire fences of a Florida prison is no place to spend a holiday. I'd spent 15 Christmases ...

Drought Uncovers Treasure

The summer drought of 2007 allowed scientists and archaeologists in Florida to look through a window into the state's past and uncover hidden treasures ...

The Risk of Hope

To hope is to risk frustration. Therefore, make up your mind to risk frustration.

—Thomas Merton, Trappist monk and writer (1915–1968)

Sitting with God on the Bathroom Floor

In his book The Pressure's Off, psychologist Larry Crabb uses a story from his childhood to illustrate our need to delight in God through adversity: ...

Woman Loses Sight but Keeps the Faith

Singer-songwriter and author Jennifer Rothschild shares her story in Decision magazine:

As a little girl, I was captivated by colors. I loved to get the ...

Yancey on Prayer and the Mystery of Life

Life is not a problem to be solved, but a mystery to be lived. Prayer offers no ironclad guarantees—just the certain promise that we need not live ...

Elderly Man Plants Fruit Trees as an Expression of Hope

Hope is always made more real when we see tangible action today that points with credibility to the possibility of a better tomorrow.

In the darkest days ...

New Christian Entrusts Her Marriage to God

When I met Christ, I was 49-years-old and had been married to my husband for 17 years. We had two children and a quiet suburban life. We had built a life ...

Man Finds Bag of Unopened Prayers

What happens to our prayers after we send them out? For 300 people living in the New Jersey area, the answer to that question is not very encouraging.

Getting Alone with God

As soon as you are really alone, you are with God.