Sometimes, to walk one way means you have to walk away from something else. When Abram was ninety-nine years old the Lord appeared to...

I can’t remember a time when there was more foot traffic through my neighborhood and the adjacent walkways. It began with the first...

I remember what it was like trying to teach my children how to walk. I’d ease them up onto wobbly legs—gently holding and guiding them...

Everybody I know feels stuck. Life seems to be on hold. We can’t move forward. And we can’t go back. We tarry here in the in-between....

Living alone has its ups and its downs. And the downs fell hard last week. With the whole sheltering-in-place in isolation, plus being...

We are always learning, aren't we? I often told my kids that they should learn something new every day. I still tell them, even now as...

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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?...

I can still hear her giggly, sing-song voice across a whole span of years, “I love you, Mommie!” “Show me,” I’d tease, “how much?”...

There are other weighty questions we should ask ourselves at certain, pivotal junctures in life.

“Call to schedule your appointment today,” the advertiser peddled over the morning drive-time radio. It wasn’t for a free inspection,...

Life lessons—they’re those things learned from experience. The psalmists shared from their experience many valuable lessons for doing...

I examined the artist’s drawing closely—studying the different techniques used. One intricate detail intrigued my imagination. I was held...

You’ve heard it said less is more. But there is a less that is less—less appealing, less desirable, less rewarding. I came across a...