Impatient for Investment Returns

When our eldest daughter was old enough to understand what saving money was all about, my wife and I sat down with her and explained the value of money. ...

Daddy Remembers to Love Wife

Father of the Bride is a touching comedy-drama dealing with a father's feelings about "giving his daughter away" in marriage. George, the ...

Excuses for Missing Church

Why I stopped going to ball games:

1. Whenever I go to a game, they ask for money.

2. The other fans don't care about me.

3. The seats are too hard.

4. ...

Here Only By Grace

After worrying for half an hour that we wouldn't get on an overbooked flight, my wife and I were summoned to the check-in desk. A smiling agent whispered ...

Fear Overwhelms the Overconfident

On July 21, 1861, raw Yankee recruits marched toward the Confederate Army camping at Bull Run, 30 miles southwest of Washington. The Union soldiers were ...

A Plan for Everyone

Simon Birch (a movie based on the novel A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving) is the story of a 12-year-old boy named Simon Birch who, despite his physical ...

Lingering Effects of Anger

Author and church minister Ed Rowell writes:

When I was young, a neighboring family came down with a devastating illness. Several of the children died, ...

Laughter Is Good Medicine

The old axiom, "Laughter is the best medicine," holds true when it comes to protecting your heart, according to a study conducted by the University ...

Prayer Better Than Selfishness

Those people who pray know what most around them either don't know or choose to ignore: centering life in the insatiable demands of the ego is the ...

Perfection Is Servanthood

Perfection, in a Christian sense, means becoming mature enough to give ourselves to others.