Purposeful Prayer & More

While I walked to my car holding onto my new medicine, many thoughts raced through my mind. “I am officially crazy. What’s wrong with me? Now I need this special medicine to help me get better! I’m a lost cause!” After I got into my car, I sat for a while, just crying and crying. Then my sadness turned into anger. I was mad! I began to drive and head towards the freeway when I suddenly remembered how my dad died. He was killed when...

It was a hot and humid day on November 18, and excitement was in the air. We were about to have a front-row seat for the MAVEN spacecraft's launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The countdown to lift-off would soon begin…

God counted each day in that first week, but He did not name each day; He called day one the “first day." Likewise, days 2 through 6 were assigned ordinal numbers. It was only the seventh day that God named—calling it the Sabbath. Indeed, nowhere in the Bible do we find...

On the street, the angel vanished. When Peter came to his senses, he realized that he was on the very road he would have walked the next morning to his death. God still had a work for Peter to do, so He...

Loss is a part of life—the hardest part—and it starts early. Grief has many faces and strikes every age. It is impossible to make sense of many terrible losses. Whether it’s death, a disabling injury, the loss of property, pets, health, friends, or a job loss, it can make you feel...

As we stepped off the elevator, a housekeeper was cleaning across the hall. She hadn’t been there before. I felt strongly impressed to speak with her. She was deaf and unable to speak, but when I showed her the book and...

Meagan flourished in the class, and soon Joy and Meagan's mom, Rose, became good friends. That year, Rose shared that she was in the middle of a divorce and...

During World War II, my friend Dan and his older brother, Sam, lived about 100 miles from the nearest city in a cozy jungle village in the Philippines. They enjoyed eating bananas and other fruits from around their home, climbing trees, and...

Sometimes, even in the tiniest of moments, we can experience how BIG God is. In the last year, I experienced something small and simple, yet deeply meaningful—and it reminded me of God’s...

Why does life get so rough sometimes? After listening to the plight of many, I am certain that we all have suffered disappointment and trial. We can look at those challenges with tears, heartache, disappointment, and despair. Or we can...

This winter, we can be reminded that just as snow brightens the earth and covers the dead trees and ground, we can be lights illuminating this dark, sinful world.

We initially drove slowly in circles, stopping several times to take photos. Eventually, my husband, Danny, increased our speed and went further. He then chose to drive closer to the mountain on our left. As we neared the mountain, we didn't realize the sand underneath was...