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Live today!

Live today!

Someone has said that today is a marvel of opportunity, crucified between two thieves, yesterday and tomorrow! Today, this very day, is one of the most wonderfully precio... »

New year, new commitments

New year, new commitments

Peter Amsterdam

The beginning of a new year is such an interesting time. We often think back over our experiences of the past year as well as look ahead to what the new year will bring.... »

Holding on

Holding on

Joyce Suttin

As a young child, I would lie in bed at my grandparents’ house, listening to the sounds of the television downstairs and looking at the pictures on the wall. One was a pi... »

Five steps to success

Five steps to success

Peter Ogundele

Are you faced with starting a new project or making decisions? Why not get a head start by using these tried-and-proven steps to success. Pray: Don't neglect or undervalu... »

New Year choices

New Year choices

Keith Phillips

I’m quite excited about my New Year’s resolution, and I think it’s going to work. No, I know it’s going to work. It’s got to, because I see now that my future hinges on i... »

Mallory’s mountain

Mallory’s mountain

Koos Stenger

When someone asked the famous mountaineer George Mallory why he wanted to climb Mount Everest, he simply stated: “Because it is there.” Didn’t he know that staying home w... »

Notebooks and planners

Notebooks and planners

Anna Perlini

Ever since my school days, one of my greatest thrills has been to start a new notebook. That first nice-smelling white page, all clean and perfect, without wrinkles or de... »

First attempts

First attempts

Abi May

The Bible tells of a group of people who attempted an ambitious building program. Sadly for them, work on the world’s first skyscraper—the Tower of Babel—had unforeseen c... »

Adventures ahoy!

Adventures ahoy!

Message from Jesus

Ahead lies a world of new minutes, new hours, new days, new weeks, new months. On this threshold of the new year, so much is new and fresh. Your past sins and mistakes ar... »

Magical season

Magical season

Ronan Keane

A few years ago, a very talented friend of mine spent untold hours building a wonderfully intricate Christmas model out of salt dough. The centerpiece was the stable, but... »

Shiny red apples

Shiny red apples

Anna Perlini

Christmas 1984 was our family’s third Christmas away from Europe, and the remote village in eastern India where we had moved to help as volunteers had become a second hom... »

Timeless carols

Timeless carols

Peter Amsterdam

Something I’ve always loved about Christmas is listening to and singing the beautiful Christmas carols that have been written over the centuries. I like them so much that... »

He came to us

He came to us

Marie Story

Recently, I was reading about the history of Christmas and where our various Christmas traditions come from, including ones that may have originated in pagan rituals or f... »