In One Church from the Fence, Wes Seelinger writes: I have spent long hours in the intensive care waiting room ... watching with...

Mark Hatfield (1922-2011), longtime United States Senator from Oregon, shared the following true story. James Garfield was a lay preacher...

I’ve shared with you before that, along with my daily morning Bible reading, I am also reading through Max Lucado’s daily devotional,...

Are you still making New Decisions that will result in a New You in the New Year? January is a time for new choices and fresh starts....

What kind of year will 2021 turn out to be? Will it be better than last year? Maybe. But a lot will depend on what kind of choices you...

Hau'oli Makahiki Hou (Happy New Year)! 2020 was a rough year. What will 2021 bring you? Minnie Louise Haskins (1875-1957) was a British...

It is several days past Christmas Day, but the work of Christmas is not finished. Some years ago, Howard Thurman (author, philosopher,...

Christmas Day is just a few days away. May I share one of my favorite Christmas stories with you? It tells us why Jesus came to earth and...

I had the tremendous opportunity some years ago to hear Philip Yancey, renowned author and Christian thinker, speak at Seattle Pacific...

"The Mission" is one of the most powerful Christmas stories I have ever read. (A dear friend shared it with me many years ago.) It...

Mark Tidd of Webster, New York shares this moving true story that communicates what genuine thankfulness is all about. An old man showed...

“Now thank we all our God, with hearts and hands and voices; who wondrous things hath done, in whom His world rejoices; who from our...

What is God doing in your life that, at 1st, might seem upside-down? Consider the following story. The only survivor of a shipwreck was...

Brent Mitchell from Ceres, CA shares the following true story. From time to time, lobsters have to leave their shells in order to grow....

Gordon MacDonald, pastor and author, tells this creative and powerful parable about Christ’s redemption. Several management types were at...