Our Duty to the Church

The Church is like a great ship being pounded by the waves of life's different stresses. Our duty is not to abandon ship, but to keep her on course. ...

Giving Thanks for Less Obvious Blessings

The author Fleming Rutledge writes:

The life of thankfulness—biblically speaking—is lived in view of the hard things of existence. As the life ...

The Gratefulness of the Pilgrims

The pilgrims made seven times more graves than huts…nevertheless, [they] set aside a day of thanksgiving.

— H. W. Westermeyer

Thanksgiving at Fair Acres

Writer Virginia Stem Owens describes a Thanksgiving dinner she shared with her parents in a nursing home:

… The tables have been rearranged, end-to-end ...

David Livingstone Lost a Goat, but Gained a Scepter

The great missionary explorer, David Livingstone, served in Africa from 1840 until his death in 1873. Pastors Robert Lewis and Wayne Cordeiro tell of ...

The Power of Forgiveness

Looking to Long Island, Jay Evensen editorialized in the Desert Morning News that "forgiveness has power to change the future"….

He wrote ...

Parrot Stubbornly Tries to Get Through to Woman

A lady was walking past a pet store when a parrot said, "Hey, lady! You're really ugly!"

The lady was angry but continued on her way.

On the way home, ...

The Blessing of Disability

When asked how he would describe his disabilities, Patrick Henry Hughes replied, "[They're] not disabilities at all—more [like] abilities." ...

Behold and Be Still

Two commands direct us from the small-minded world of self-help to the large world of God's help. First, "Come, behold the works of the Lord." ...

Facing Possibility of Death, Man Goes on Spending Spree

John Brandick, a 62-year-old British man, was told he would succumb to pancreatic cancer within a year. Thinking he only had that single year to live, ...