Parent conversations: How do parents not let worry get the best of them?
When I was expecting my first child, I remember someone telling me that having a child means that your heart will forever go walking around outside your body. It turns…
My Christian life: Pen pal shares faith with prisoners
God’s grace brings forgiveness, hope, and love across prison walls. “Remember those in prison as if you were together with them in prison” (Hebrews 13:3). Growing up, perhaps you had…
The Seven Words
Their nails were freshly driven, their hatred clearly shown, when, “Let them be forgiven,” was heard at heaven’s throne. Your enemies, O Jesus, you loved beyond degree, a love so…
Confessions of faith: Caroline and Lawrence McCatty
A couple’s prayers are answered as they discover the truth of God’s Word as well as new opportunities to share it. When Caroline and Lawrence McCatty relocated from England to the…
My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
The trial had finally ended. As I prepared to leave the parking garage after the sentencing, one of the jurors stopped me. “Were you with the man who was on…
Q&A: Can you explain Jesus’ words to the wailing women he met on his way to be crucified?
Jesus had just handed the crossbeam to Simon of Cyrene who would carry it the rest of the way to the site of crucifixion. Noticing the women who were wailing…
Lenten repentance, Lenten appreciation
Taking things for granted happens all too easily. The worst part about taking things for granted is that we fail to appreciate and remember the routine and ordinary blessings that…
I am thirsty.
“Later, knowing that everything had now been finished, and so that Scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said, ‘I am thirsty.’ A jar of wine vinegar was there, so they soaked…
It is finished.
One sentence can permanently change your life. “Your mother and I are getting a divorce.” “I’m pregnant.” “You passed your driver’s test.” If it is true that one sentence can…