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This journey to Love will not be easy, but it will be powerful. Loving others changes them, but it also changes us, helping us...

Like a sneaky thief, high blood pressure is silent and stealthy in its course, but serious—even deadly in its effects. It progresses slowly—often without symptoms—but this unwelcome invader causes...

Convinced it was God's will that we give this concert, we formed a circle, joined hands, and prayerfully put the matter in His hands. Minutes later, one of the guards came back and...

“Are you asking about my faith?” I responded. He nodded very seriously, and I thought, This will be an interesting moment. What is he going to do when he finds out who I am? I don’t want to lie. I want to tell the truth, and I want to give God glory. So, I whispered a prayer to heaven, and...

Gabrielle1 was thrift shopping for dorm items. As she checked out, she noticed the cashier ahead seemed rude, unhappy, and mad! As the sixth in line, it seemed the cashier was growing increasingly exasperated with each passing customer. Now she was next. The cashier was especially rude when...

The next afternoon, Mia wandered into the garage, where her grandfather was repairing an old clock. Tiny gears and tools were spread across the table. She watched him carefully adjust a piece before asking, “Why don’t you just replace the inside with something newer?” Her grandfather smiled, held up a gear, and said...

As often happens, Kenya’s northern tribes experienced another severe drought, forcing many Moran warriors to migrate with their cows, sheep, goats, and camels to their tribal border areas in search of greener pastures and clean water. Many of these warriors...

It was 1998; I had just turned 40 and suddenly noticed the wrinkles on my face. It occurred to me that I was getting older, and a thought hit me: I am not going to live forever. Someday I was going to die! This realization led to a deeper thought: I needed to...

The Scriptures tell us to “Pray without ceasing.” But have you ever thought about how we need to approach God when we come before Him to pray or to have our needs met by Him? Does it matter?

Living on autopilot means not thinking, acting more on impulse or desire, and sticking to routine without questioning whether that’s the best course. Living on autopilot isn’t bad in itself, but it can be...

After a while, Tristan grew comfortable with Jesus driving, so he looked out the window again. The same old distractions were still there, and Tristan found himself looking at Jesus less and less. Then he realized the car was...

Eugene P. Deatrick, the former head of the soils department at West Virginia University, has a different take. He argues that when Jesus speaks of salt in Matthew 5:13, Mark 9:50, and Luke 14:34–35, He is not speaking of salt’s household use but of its...