By Sylvia Schroeder “Hello, is anyone home?” I want to ask my husband while he sits in silence. His thumbs move on the screen of his phone making a click-click during our conversation. He concentrates with such fervor, his brows almost touch. “Hello, is anyone home?” I just hate it when I know that someone […]
By Lindsey Bell Ashton Kutcher Fights Human Trafficking Ashton Kutcher is an actor and cofounder of the group Thorn: Digital Defenders of Children, which builds software to fight against trafficking online. He continues to be a voice for those who can’t speak up for themselves. In February Kutcher spoke to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee […]
By Mark Scott God’s forgiving love was in place for Nineveh but also for Jonah himself. The God of the Bible is the God of the second chance, and Jonah got his. The word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time. Even though Jonah was a reluctant prophet who did not have forgiving […]
By Diana C. Derringer I had settled into my dorm room, survived the first few weeks of life away from home, and established a routine for classes and study. With a mixture of excitement and uncertainty, I looked forward to campus life. My parents had instilled in me the habit of daily devotional time, both […]
By Lindsey Bell When we think of mothers in the Bible, we often remember Mary, the mother of Jesus, Sarah, the mother of Isaac, or Hannah, the mother of Samuel. We don’t often think about the mother of James and John, who went to Jesus and begged him to give her boys extra honor. We […]
