There are numerous occasions documented, in both the Old and New Testaments alike, when God gathered people together out of the goodness of His grace—always ...

I’ve been doing a lot more walking these days. I think that’s the case for many of us. It’s one of the few places we can go. I headed out of the house; ear p...

There was once a musical called Stop the World I Want To Get Off. I’ve never watched it. But I’ve got to be honest with you, folks. That desire has beat in m...

In these days of cancellations and unfamiliar isolation, we find it necessary to look for ways to battle the real enemies of disappointment and discouragemen...

To settle our minds and our hearts is to settle them on the One Who Is Peace. But that often requires a determined effort until the habit becomes part of you...

It had long been his dream to have a pet bear. When he came into his own, he figured his chance had come at last. He trained that cub with great care. He car...

“I am watching, and I will certainly carry out all my plans.” (Jer 1:12b NLT) Don’t you just love that verse?! I sure do. It speaks two assuring words: God i...

As soon as those prison doors flew open, he moved onward and upward . . . no looking back. While he left his fellow mate behind, sitting in the dungeon he on...

His final Passover came much too quickly. It was over even more quickly. Not being one to delay, He knew the time had come. All had been said. All had been d...

Being a successful Christian businesswoman isn’t something that just happens—there is a becoming involved. As I’m sure Mary Whelchel Lowman would agree. She ...

Have you ever seen a horse from this angle? I have! Do you know what causes it? You guessed it: hard stops. (Go ahead and chuckle. I know you want to.) Somet...

Before the Light flooded my soul, before the Truth captured my heart, before I took the Hand extended to pull me from the pit, the only discussions I had wit...

Job, a suffering servant of God, in the depths of anguish of flesh, mind and spirit, proclaimed: “And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I wil...

Welcome, friend, to a moment you’ve captured out of your busy day. Don’t feel guilty about it. Instead, take a deep breath. Clear your mind of all those thin...

I hadn’t been to the beach in years. Until, at long last, we took our first college tour. We were so close—we just had to make the detour . . . to bury our t...

Realization pierced the thick fog—permitting light to stream and flood. This realization came about by asking myself one simple question, borrowed from the a...

"LORD, there is no one like You to help the powerless against the mighty. Help us, O LORD our God, for we rely on You, and in Your name we have come against ...

Moses said to the LORD, “O Lord, I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since you have spoken to your servant. I am slow of speech and tongue.” ...

What’s brewing around you today, friend? Do you find yourself in the middle of a storm—feeling like there’s no one there to drop anchor? Are you caught in a ...

It was the last e-mail she ever expected to get. You know–you’ve likely gotten one yourself. That gut-wrenching, heart-breaking, dream-shattering e-mail. She...