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Faith fortifiers

Faith fortifiers

Maria Fontaine

Christians aren’t immune to difficulty—family problems, fears, uncertainty, too much to do, financial pressures, and so much more. Having faith doesn’t keep us from diffi... »

Quarks in His glory

Quarks in His glory

Maria Fontaine

Peter and I were taking a few days’ break at a small beach town. One late afternoon, I was taking a walk along the beach, when I looked up to find one of the most stunnin... »

Be a giver of kindness

Be a giver of kindness

Maria Fontaine

On a flight I took some months ago, there was a little girl sitting in the catty-cornered seat from me. She had a beautiful new coloring book that her mother had obviousl... »

Boomerang

Boomerang

When I was a little girl, I went to my first circus. There, before my awestruck eyes, were three rings in full action—performing animals in one, and acrobats leaping and... »

God’s mosaics

God’s mosaics

Maria Fontaine

Have you ever come across a construction site where the workers were laboriously laying a tile floor—one of those mosaic floors with thousands of tiny tiles that create a... »

Living without stress

Living without stress

Maria Fontaine

Stress is one of the big “joy killers” that God wants to free us from. Stress makes it difficult to operate and is a cause of terrible unhappiness, illness, and even deat... »

He’s alive!

He’s alive!

Peter Amsterdam

It had been about three years since they had answered the call to follow Jesus. Each had his own story. Nathanael was told he was “an Israelite indeed, in whom is no dece... »