By Melissa Wuske Burundi Woman Awarded for Saving Lives The Aurora Prize, “an international initiative recognizing the power of the human spirit,” gave its most recent award to Marguerite Barankitse. Barankitse witnessed many of her neighbors killed from the Hutu at the beginning of the Burundi civil war in 1993. Barankitse, a member of the […]
By Bev and Phil Haas Our son gets frustrated when faced with difficult tasks. Whether it’s sports or school, if he can’t do something the first time or it doesn’t come easily, he wants to quit. What can we do to help him stick it out when stuff gets tough? There have been many inspirational […]
By David Faust It already had been a long night even before we boarded the plane. Weather-related delays made me miss my connecting flight. Now as the clock passed 11:00 p.m., I stood in line with a crowd of tired-looking passengers in the Dallas airport, hoping to get home on the last flight of the […]
By Mark Scott In the church at Rome, there was tension that you could cut with a circumcision knife. The Jews thought the Gentiles obeyed God’s laws rather flippantly. The Gentiles thought the Jews had squandered their place as God’s people. Paul’s teaching in this text is that both groups have to live under God’s […]
By Melissa Wuske Olympian Praises God Despite Spinal Injury Jamie Nieto, former U.S. Olympic high jumper from the 2004 and 2012 games, suffered a spinal injury in April that will keep him from attending the 2016 Olympics in Rio. Nieto coaches potential Olympic athletes, and while performing a high jump during a training exercise, Nieto […]
