By Christy Barritt Traffic Stop Ends in Prayer What began as a routine traffic stop in Gadsden, Alabama, turned into something much deeper. When Officer Samuel Lowe stopped a motorist for speeding, he asked his usual question to the driver: “Is there any reason you’re in a hurry?” Driver Ronald Cowser explained to Lowe that […]
By David Faust A cook in a college cafeteria taught me a memorable lesson about prayer. He said, “When I wake up in the morning, as soon as I open my eyes I say, ‘Dear Lord.’ And when I go to bed at night, before I fall asleep I say, ‘Thank you, Lord.’ That way, […]
By Bev and Phil Haas Our 6-year-old has grown up with mobile devices like the iPad and iPod. We’re amazed by how adept he is with them. Recently we learned that he sent a birthday voice text to his grandpa with his iPod—then he taught us how! We’re wondering how we as parents can help […]
By David Faust My wife, Candy, recently celebrated an important birthday. I shouldn’t identify the milestone she hit, but it rhymes with “mix tea.” I hit the same milestone a few months earlier, so I felt it was my husbandly duty to tease her about it. Obviously 60 year olds have lived 60 percent of […]
By Sam E. Stone This quarter’s lessons are taken from a number of important passages in the Minor Prophets (so named because their books are shorter in length than books by other prophets like Isaiah and Daniel). They reveal God’s judgment on all kinds of injustice and disobedience. Many Bible scholars date Amos’s ministry around […]
