Without transparency we cannot fully share our love or be loved by another.
03/10/2006 by Paul Faulkner
We can't help everybody, or even most bodies, but we can help the person nearest us.
03/09/2006 by Rubel Shelly
Keeping us going in ministry, keeping our lights shining, requires us to spend time alone with God.
03/08/2006 by Sarah Stirman
Criticism hurts even when, or maybe especially when, it is dressed in pretty packages and given to us over a long time.
03/07/2006 by Mike Cope
We've got to move from viewing people as personalities to seeing them as people to love.
03/06/2006 by Phil Ware
A trip through deep depression forces our writer to look at reliance, dependence upon God, and finding hope when there doesn't seem to be much reason to hope.
03/05/2006 by Michele Howe
What happens to people when they die is a lot like trying to tell kids how much farther it is to granny's house!
03/04/2006 by Joe Bagby
God's vulnerability, his openness in Jesus to his emotions, is captivating.
03/03/2006 by Paul Faulkner
If we want our lives to count, we have to be willing to face hard times.
03/02/2006 by Johnnie Ann Burgess Gaskill
Fear can keep us from many things, but mostly fear keeps us from life!
03/01/2006 by Rubel Shelly
A mom's work at writing Scripture on her daughter's wall leads to a great opportnity to learn about God's grace.
02/28/2006 by Sarah Stirman
Failure and falling on our face is a part of life, the real question is whether or not we'll keep getting up.
02/27/2006 by Phil Ware
Food has been an object of fascination for a variety of reasons, but Jesus has helped us determine the value of a good diet.
02/26/2006 by Elizabeth Price
Parenting twenty-somethings is a challenge but can be a blessing if we do our job well.
02/25/2006 by Martha Pope Gorris
Transformation, sanctification takes time in the real world of our lives, but God won't give up on us.
02/24/2006 by Paul Faulkner
Being in positions of leadership and authority doesn't give us the right to be above the law, but instead should give us the opportunity to serve in love.
02/23/2006 by Tom Norvell
We should pursue our spiritual growth and goals with all our passion, just like olympic athletes pursue theirs.
02/22/2006 by Katha Winther
We have got to address our addiction to things, money, greed, debt, wealth, and materialism.
02/21/2006 by Rubel Shelly
We need to listen to our Teacher: Jesus is the one we must look to for our answers in how to help and bless others.
02/20/2006 by Phil Ware
Real knowledge is experiential knowledge: knowledge we've gained by acting on the truth.
02/19/2006 by Joe Bagby
We can pray for our families and our children to help be prepared for the difficult times come.
02/18/2006 by Elizabeth Price
Jesus doesn't live up to our expectations, because God has more planned for us than what we can imagine.
02/17/2006 by Paul Faulkner
All around us are people who are grace stories -- people who have opened up to God and received his grace and had their hard lives changed for the better.
02/16/2006 by Ron Rose
We can think we are following God's will, but the only way to know for sure is by consulting his word.
02/15/2006 by Steve Higginbotham
Church is found where people who make up the Lord's Body are at work doing Kingdom business.
02/14/2006 by Rubel Shelly