My father loved to tell the joke about the man who looked in the paper every morning to see if his name was in it.
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Mysteries make us curious. We want to know what happened, how, and why. But you say Christmas is not a mystery?
Creation Care
Q: I hate diverting my focus from the joy of Christmas, but I’m troub
GERRY SHUDDERED at the thought. She was facing her first Christmas without her husband.
EXPECTING. We associate this seemingly innocent word with (among a good many other things) pregnancy.
Losses of the Heart
Please convey my sincere thanks to Nathan Sneller for his beautifully honest article “Losses of the Hea
A Sunday school teacher asked his class, “Who was the mother of Jesus?”
“Mary,” a child answered.
HOW ARE YOU? I am fine (better than last month). Is it cold up there at the North Pole? I bet you worry about global warming.
During World War II days, the Andrews Sisters made the Hit Parade with their song “Roll Out the Barrel” (. . .
One fine day God told Moses to build a tabernacle—a house for God. God said, “Just build any old thing, Moses.
I first arrived in the United States in October 1990.
Church
I hate the glitz and the busyness, the worries over spending too much, the cleaning, the hours spent in the kitchen trying to create the
Racism
To our great joy, Erin and I were expecting.
Late one afternoon, my dad was driving down his fairly quiet residential street when he noticed that the older sedan driving in front of
I’m not happy. I’m strung out. Thats’s not me.
Our church bulletin announced the forthcoming annual art display in the all-purpose room.
Relationships
Consider the Birds
It was an innocent suggestion, that game of hide-and-seek.
9-11 After 5
There’s something alluring about seeing your words in print. Nigh intoxicating.
An attractive young woman is put on a diet by her doctor.