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... »
Personal Accounts
Sync with the shepherd
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... »
You train for it
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... »
Peace in the storm
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
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
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
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
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... »
Eternal Salvation
The Bible tells us that “God so loved the world”—you and me—”that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life” (John 3:... »
New Beginnings
As the son of a successful corporate lawyer, growing up was pleasant for me. In my early teens my parents sent me to an elite private boarding school. Due to my great int... »
God’s Plan
The core teaching of the New Testament can be found in one of the most beautiful verses of Scripture: ”For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, that whoever... »
Less Is Better
I vividly remember the day in my early twenties when I was sitting in the comfortable living room of my upper-middle class home and felt a void and restlessness within me... »
Receiving the Holy Spirit
Everyone who receives Jesus as their Savior, who is saved and born again, receives a measure of the Holy Spirit. In fact, you cannot be saved without the Holy Spirit, bec... »