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Being Faithful

Being Faithful

One who is faithful in a very little is also faithful in much. And he said to him, “Well done, good servant! Because you have been faithful in a very little, you shall ha... »

Peaceful sailing

Peaceful sailing

It’s important to ponder life from different angles. The details of your circumstances are not the most important thing; what you think about them is. First you think, th... »

Sync with the shepherd

Sync with the shepherd

Marie Alvero

I was on a Zoom call talking to a coworker. Her work was a mess; she was not keeping up, and it was impacting her customers and department. “Tell me what’s going on,” I s... »

Running the Race

Running the Race

If two people line up to run a race and one has prepared and practiced and built up his muscles while the other has not, when they are in position at the starting line an... »

You train for it

You train for it

Marie Alvero

It is always amazing when someone has peace in a truly trying situation. I think sports provides a good analogy for how that can happen. You train for it. I’m not a big s... »

Signs of the times

Signs of the times

Peter Amsterdam

The times we are living in are unprecedented in many ways, due to modern technology, the mass migration of people, and globalization on many fronts. Modern life often lea... »

Peace in the storm

Peace in the storm

Amy Joy Mizrany

After a busy day of work, my colleague and I had one last stop. We loaded our van with educational materials and headed to drop them off at a little library. This library... »

The power of joy therapy

The power of joy therapy

John Kelly

Truly, “the joy of the Lord is your strength,” and not only can it provide healing for your own personal sorrows, but it can bring great benefits to those you interact wi... »

Worship with abandon

Worship with abandon

Ruth McKeague

When my husband and I first started to attend the church we now call “home,” we couldn’t help but notice Jack. A man in his fifties at the time, he was clearly someone wh... »

Faith amidst tragedy

Faith amidst tragedy

Simon Bishop

The Philippines is often hit by typhoons and other natural disasters. Sometimes these cause great damage and loss of life. About 12 years ago a typhoon hit a city in the... »

Help for the hard days

Help for the hard days

Joyce Suttin

I have been so irritable lately. Things that normally would just flow over me seem to hover like a foreboding dark cloud. I wanted to be alone in my room to lament the my... »