By Steven Clark Goad We know the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time (Romans 8:22). How can we rejoice in the Lord when we’re in constant pain? Is it possible to stay cheerful and positive in the middle of unremitting suffering and […]
By Simon Presland Josephine, 56, reaches out her hand. “Come on TerriAnn. It’s time for your breathing treatment.” The two walk together with Josephine—or Jo as she’s often called—leading the way and TerriAnn duck waddling down the hall toward her bedroom. TerriAnn has cerebral palsy and brain stem dysfunction caused by premature birth, as […]
By Steven Wyatt I am writing these words three days after packing up the house my wife and I had made our home. Cindy passed away in early 2010 after a courageous but also very expensive battle with metastatic breast cancer. Compounding our already difficult economic woes was the fact that the beautiful, master-planned […]
By David Faust Somewhere I read this piece of advice: “If you have to eat a toad, eat it first thing in the morning. Then everything else that happens the rest of the day will be an improvement.” It doesn’t help to put off distasteful tasks. If you need to handle an unpleasant problem, get […]
By Shawn McMullen Continue to remember those in prison as if you were together with them in prison, and those who are mistreated as if you yourselves were suffering (Hebrews 13:3). Today has been designated International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church. Churches who take time today to pray for their suffering brothers and […]
