Our Living Hope It’s the first week in April and the Easter Bunny is back. More and more, Easter is the season the Bunny takes center stage as the resurrection of the Lamb of God is shifted to the side. Don’t get me wrong—I love chocolate and jelly beans as...
Is Secret Knowledge Trustworthy? Kids love to play hide-and-go-seek. Even as adults, we enjoy making discoveries or being the first in our circle to learn new information. But what happens when that discovery is related to the Bible? Is new information a good...
From Physical to Spiritual Spring Cleaning It’s officially spring . . finally. Then again, spring means different things to different people. Yes, it heralds warmer weather, but “warm” is relative, depending on your location. Apart from changes in the outside...
Service with a Smile Have you ever waited on hold for what felt like forever, desperate for the live voice of a customer service representative? Waiting, waiting, waiting. A half hour later, when you think the call will finally be answered, the phone call is...
The Moon is Always Round Have you had a difficult day? A tough week? A grueling month? Or perhaps a year that feels more like a decade? Maybe this doesn’t apply to you . . . today. But we’ve all lived long enough to know that if we’re not in the middle of a...
Mountains and Valleys Where are you right now: on a high or in a low? Are you thrilled with the season of life you’re experiencing at the moment? Or are you weary and discouraged by the people and events in your life? Mountains or valleys? There’s something...
Attractively Countercultural I recently listened to a Bible study where a friend challenged her listeners to be attractively countercultural. What does that look like? And what does that mean compared to fifty, thirty, or even twenty years ago? Countercultural...
Living As God’s Beloved What does it mean to live as one beloved of God? To know you live in the eternal love of the Creator of the Universe, who also invites us to call Him Abba—Papa? How much do we really understand about God’s eternal love? It’s difficult to...
True/False Quiz: What We Believe and Why What’s Christian and what’s not? Test your answers to the following 10 true or false statements: All spirituality is good. We are essentially “one” with all that exists, including God. God is separate from humanity. Science...
Fight Spiritual Battles by Standing When we think about physical battles, we often think of two opposing parties locked in combat, fighting until one or the other declares victory over their opponent. But what about the spiritual battles raging all around us?...
Veterans Day, Memorial Day, and Armed Forces Day: Why Christians Should Care It seems there’s a holiday for...
When Bible Reading Becomes Discouraging Discouragement is real. And often the easiest time to become discouraged is...
How Much Storage Do We Need? It doesn’t matter how many garage sales I have, how many bags I donate, or how...