See What You Have

If Danny Simpson had known more about guns, he might not have needed to rob the bank. But in 1990, in Ottawa, Canada, this 24-year-old went to jail, and ...

God Provides Big and Small

In the mid 1980s, my family moved to northern Saskatchewan to start a church. As a church planter, part of my support was funded by the local mission. ...

Knowing God through Suffering

Doctors and nurses were doing everything possible for my wife, the mother of my seven children, yet I could see the hopelessness in their faces. Through ...

Family Income in 2000

The average U.S. family earned $63,410 during the previous 12 months, according to Census 2000. The percentage of the USA's 70.8 million families who ...

Not Taking God for Granted

While hurrying through Chicago's commuter train station, I had an "Aha!" moment that stopped me in my tracks. I'd just left the candy counter where I'd ...

Woman Puts God First, and God Provides Her Need

I did not want to go to prayer service that evening; I wanted to stay home and make a dish of candied fruit from a new recipe. But the recipe called for ...

"Shenandoah": Thanking God

In the classic western movie Shenandoah, Jimmy Stewart stars as Charlie Anderson, a Virginian farmer trying to keep his family out of the Civil War.

With ...

"James and the Giant Peach": God Meets Our Greatest Need

James and the Giant Peach is a fairytale about an orphan boy, James, who is forced to live with his two cruel aunts. He dreams about escaping to a wonderful ...

$20 Arrives as Answer to Couple's Prayer

Author Elmer Towns writes:

My wife and I went through college by faith. If we had not prayed together daily through all our difficulties, I don't know ...

More U.S. Families Hungry

A study by the U.S. Department of Agriculture found that in 2002 more American families were hungry or were unsure whether they could afford to buy food. ...