"The Inn of the Sixth Happiness": Faith Against All Odds

The 1958 film The Inn of the Sixth Happiness is the true story of Gladys Aylward (Ingrid Bergman), an English servant who became a faithful missionary ...

J. I. Packer on Comfort Zones

"It needs to be said loud and clear that in the kingdom of God there ain't no comfort zone and never will be."

Being Comfortable Can Kill Us

Too much comfort is dangerous. Literally.

Researchers at the University of California at Berkeley did an experiment some time ago that involved introducing ...

Facing the Impossible

George Danzig was a senior at Stanford University during the Depression. All the seniors knew they'd be joining unemployment lines when the class ...

Discipline Pays Off

In The Sacred Romance, John Eldredge writes:

As a young boy, around the time my heart began to suspect that the world was a fearful place and I was on ...

God's Help with Challenges

Christian author and speaker Joni Eareckson Tada writes:

I'm a quadriplegic, yet I can drive a van (my hand is secured to a big joystick so I can steer, ...

Persevering after Loss

In his book Alive, Rick Christian recounts a low point in Thomas Carlyle's life. The noted historian had just spent two years writing a book on the ...

Dealing with Minor Obstacles

Just because you miss one train doesn't mean you have to cancel the whole vacation.

The Advantage of Hope

Hope prevents us from clinging to what we have and frees us to move away from the safe place and enter unknown and fearful territory.

Leaving Our Shells Behind

From time to time, lobsters have to leave their shells in order to grow. They need the shell to protect them from being torn apart, yet when they grow, ...