The first Wednesday in Lent never fails to catch me by surprise.

It’s a harsh fact of life that when the economy tanks, many people get pitched out of work through no fault of their own.

My daughter and her husband took their four kids to see the Vermont Lake Monsters play baseball.

This year—July 10, 2009, to be exact—marks the 500th anniversary of John Calvin’s birth.

Have you ever heard of John Calvin?

In the midst of the busyness and noise of life, do you find it hard to stop and listen to God?

Relationships

Q Does everyone go through a midlife crisis at some point?

Thank You’s

I loved Jacob Eppinga’s “Preachers” (Cabbages and Kings, January 2007).

In August 2007 the Lord said to my family, “Leave your friends and country and go to the land I will show you.

The last person in the world who would want us to make a big deal out of his 500th birthday is John Calvin himself.

One Sunday morning I substituted for my daughter in Sunday school. The lesson was about Joshua and the wall of Jericho.

Finances

Q I feel like we don’t have a very good handle on our money, and I know th

A few years ago my church went through a vigorous and drawn-out debate over whether or not we should serve fair-trade coffee.

The first New Year’s Eve I stayed up to watch the ball drop in Times Square, the anticipation was electric.

Christmas is one of my favorite times of the year.

Would you like to peek into heaven? On a clear, dark night, go outside and look up.

Meaning of Blessing

Daniel Boerman correctly points out that blessings should not be thought of as purely material (“Is Pro

Listen, Dad,
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I know more about cooking than finance.

An elderly woman who listened daily to a call-in radio pastor decided one day to call his show.

There are so many ways to say thank you.

According to legend, the Chinese Emperor Shen Nung, considered to be the father of Chinese agriculture, discovered tea accidentally one d