Calling Forth Compassion

In 1975 a child named Raymond Dunn, Jr. was born in New York State. The Associated Press reports that at his birth, a skull fracture and oxygen deprivation ...

Crumby Guests

Our wedding reception, in my parents' home, ended late. Mom didn't try to clean up until the next morning. To her dismay, there were cake crumbs everywhere! ...

Junk Food Isn't Enough

The biggest enemy of the Church is the development and proliferation of programs to meet people's needs. Everyone has a hunger for God, but our tastes ...

Testing the Smoke Alarms

As a safety reminder, our granddaughter Barbara and her second-grade classmates were advised by their teacher to check the smoke alarms at home to see ...

Enjoying God's Blessings

If our Lord is permitted to create nice large pike and good Rhine wine, presumably I may be allowed to eat and drink.

Different Strokes for Different Folks

One and the same exhortation does not suit all. For the things that profit some often hurt others; seeing that also for the most part herbs which nourish ...

Watch What You Eat

My father-in-law pastors a congregation in rural Pennsylvania. One day he found two containers on his desk with a note from a thoughtful church member, ...

Think Fast

One day, my husband announced to the family that he was going to fast and pray. Ginny, our 5-year-old, had recently learned that fasting meant not eating. ...

Let Them Eat Bread

The question of bread for myself is a material question, but the question of bread for my neighbours, for everybody, is a spiritual and religious question. ...

Spiritual Food Comes First

A missionary in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, reports that recently an African pastor passed through on his way home to Chad, where civil war was raging.

"What ...