Getting What We Don't Deserve

It was the first night of camp, and a group of tough kids from the city had hardly unpacked when the leaders received word about a theft. A work crew ...

A Muddy Moment of Clarity

In The Sacred Journey, Frederick Buechner writes:

"[One] winter I sat in Army fatigues somewhere near Anniston, Alabama, eating my supper out of a ...

John Newton, author of "Amazing Grace"

John Newton (1725-1807)

A "wretch" who found "Amazing Grace!"

John Newton was nurtured by a devoted Christian mother who dreamed that ...

Freedom of the Air

When you stand beside a 747 jet on the runway, its massive weight and size makes it seem incapable of breaking the holds of gravity.

But when the power ...

Taking Captive the Captives

Eating lunch at a small cafe, Mark Reed of Camarillo, California, saw a sparrow hop through the open door and peck at the crumbs near his table. When ...

The Day Niagara Was Silent

An estimated 500,000 tons of water rush over Niagara Falls every minute. On March 29, 1948, the falls suddenly stopped. People living within the sound ...

God's Amazing Grace

Have you ever thought of how a rainbow is a perfect picture of God's grace? Life's storms may buffet us, ripping apart our plans and flooding ...

Some Things Can't Be Forced

The conduct of God, who disposes all things kindly, is to put religion into the mind by reason, and into the heart by grace. But to will to put it into ...

There But for the Grace of God Go I

As murder storywriters assume, and as most of us learn in experience, we have in us capacities for fury, fear, envy, greed, conceit, callousness, and ...

Grace Greater than We Know

Why do we call grace amazing? Grace is amazing because it works against the grain of common sense. Hard-nosed common sense will tell you that you are ...