By Bev and Phil Haas With our busy schedules we seem to be living together but separately. We’re not looking to smother one another, but how can we grow closer—in our extended family as well as our immediate family? We live in Ohio, and even though it’s just the two of us at […]
By Karen O’Connor I flipped to the new page of my devotional calendar on the kitchen table (Spirit of Ireland: A Treasury of Wit, Wisdom, and Irish Blessings) and read these words: “Many people consider prayer a last resort, but God meant for it to be our first and surest line of defense.” My […]
By Candace Wood Is it just me, or have you noticed how small the print has become on many items: telephone book listings, recipes, map directions, how-to instructions, and warnings attached to medications? What about the latest advances in computers, cell phones, and digital devices? Large amounts of information can be used and stored […]
By Jerran Jackson and Lareesa Jackson My mother decided, at age 83, to fast. She had been a Christian for seven decades. Mom had graduated from Minnesota Bible College, taught Sunday school, and served faithfully in the church all of her adult life. And she still wanted to keep growing. So she did some […]
By Tom Cash On November 16, 2007 my wife and I attended the National Missionary Convention in Cincinnati, Ohio. Yoon Kwon Chae from the Korean Christian Gospel Mission was preaching. He shared a personal story about the horrors of war. Chae’s father was a minister imprisoned by the Communists at the beginning of the […]
