Waiting Like a Trapeze Flyer

Not long before his death, Henri Nouwen wrote a book called Sabbatical Journeys. He writes about some friends of his who were trapeze artists, called ...

Mushrooms from Heaven

In 1880, a Christian couple, George and Sarah Clarke, purchased the lease for the Pacific Beer Garden.

Promptly dropping the word Beer, the couple added ...

Faith for the Future

Jay Walker, founder and vice-chairman of Priceline.com, says:

You have to believe. In the Internet world, people like to talk, but very few truly believe. ...

Convictions under Fire

You don’t have convictions unless you have been tested.

Hopeless Death of Carl Sagan

Jerry Adler writes in Newsweek:

[Carl] Sagan was fascinated by the phenomenon that educated adults, with the wonders of science manifest all around them, ...

God in a Noisy World

It is easy to say we believe in God as long as we remain in the little world we choose to live in; but get out into the great world of facts, the noisy ...

When the Going Gets Tough ...

When things are going good, it's easy to say, "I'm a man of God." When things are going bad, you have to dig down. Sometimes you want ...

Astounding Faith

Our faith is an astounding thing--astounding that I should believe him to be the Son of God who is suspended on the cross, whom I have never seen, with ...

When Faith Becomes Practical

Our faith becomes practical when it is expressed in two books: the date book and the check book.

Faith and Works and Trees

An illustration of the balance between faith and works lies hidden within any tree. Leaves use up nutrients in the process of photosynthesis. As the leaves ...