By Katie Virnig – Around the world, the United States symbolizes a place where all citizens are given an equal chance to achieve success and prosperity through hard work and perseverance. We call this the American Dream, and it often includes a shared formula: education, career, family, financial security, and physical health. As more pieces […]

By David F. Watson – As I watch my eleven-year-old son, Sean, make movies on his iPad, I worry about the future. In this era in which many have taken it upon themselves to insist loudly and publicly that their lives matter, many also insist that lives like Sean’s do not. Last March, the Washington […]

By Courtney Lott – Our affections direct our paths. Preferences call to us, leading us away from some things and toward others. Many are good and pleasing. Though sin’s far reaching effects have tainted them, these gifts from God ultimately point to him and call forth thanksgiving and praise in our hearts. There are some […]

By Elizabeth Glass Turner – I admit I was a skeptic about 40 Days of Doubt. When I first came across the slim devotional volume by the Rev. Eric Huffman, I brought several not unreasonable opinions with me: that most devotion books have the substance of a light after-dinner mint; that most writing on doubt […]

By Duane Brown – The path to effective and enduring ministry begins with a healthy understanding about the relationship between faithfulness and fruitfulness. This was never more pertinent to me than during my time as a young church planter in Canada.  Throughout that experience I wanted my church to be large and successful, although I […]

By B.J. Funk – How does one accept the news that a loved one is dying? There are no words to describe the raw emotion when hearing the doctor’s words pronouncing that there is no more hope. A war begins inside your head, a battle between true and false, a boxing match to determine which […]