It is easy to be overwhelmed by fear, despair and chaos in our world today. Many negative occurrences try to steal our hope and cause us to doubt the promises, plans and purpose of God for our life.

In one experiment, people who meditated were far more likely to give up their seat in a crowded room to a person on crutches. In another study, those were asked to count their blessings cheated much ...

Contained within the opening pages of every Gideon Bible is this memorable tribute: “The Bible contains the mind of God, the state of man, the way of salvation, the doom of sinners, and the happiness ...

Pope Francis said Sunday that God always surprises people with the way he works, and because of this, believers should be open to the Lord's way of thinking and acting, rather than expecting him to ...

I can imagine the first reading would sound a lot different if a public relations firm had a chance to polish it up a bit. Jacob and his mother, Rebekah, don’t come across well. They conspired to ...

Vickie came to our rural church roughly 15 years ago. Nobody remembers exactly when. She and my wife Liz had become acquainted through their participation in the National Writing Project, a program ...