By Cary Umhau Each heart knows its own bitterness and no one else can share its joy, says Proverbs 14:10. Just as Jesus asked his compatriots to stay awake with him in the Garden of...
Read More →By Kevin Bowman It was my first Sunday in the bigger kids class. Our family had returned from three years in Europe just in time for me to be promoted the big kids class. We...
Read More →By Jamie Finch We must not underestimate the weight of the importance to “know how it feels.” Without Jesus’ own desire for such, we would be at an eternal loss. The funny thing is though,...
Read More →By Jeni Griffin “Oh my gosh, these are amazing!” I exclaimed as my mom gasped at me in horror. After being in Africa for a year serving with Mercy Ships where the humidity is constantly...
Read More →By Karen Swank I remember the first day I met her. She was in junior high. I was subbing and she was a handful in my class. Acting up, acting out, and just generally making...
Read More →By Joe Gomez I made an old woman cry the other day, and it was great. Last Friday, one of my coworkers and I were in the back room at Borders where we unpack shipments...
Read More →By Jeff Goins, Editor I was at the mall this weekend, shopping with my wife. I noticed that, as I was going from store to store, feeling insecure about my un-trendiness, that Santa Claus was...
Read More →By Matt Kok Is the “Little C” Church perfect? By no means. And it never has been. The belief that the institutionalized church in North America is hypocritical, dogmatic, out of touch, and no longer...
Read More →By Kevin D. Hendricks Ive never been homeless. Ive never had to wonder where I was going to spend the night. Ive never had to contemplate sleeping in my car. Ive never had to consider...
Read More →By Tim Kurek There are few people I’ve met in my life that capture what it means to be a CHRISTian as much as Jim Palmer, and it’s my hope that you’ll go pick up...
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