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article | March 7, 2016

I've noticed a trend on my social media feed. Maybe you've seen these titles, too: "10 Ways to Make Your Marriage Thrive This Year" "4 Steps to Become a Better Wife This Year" "1 Habit that Will Change Your Marriage This Year" …

article | December 7, 2015

Is there an initiative a leader can take in 2016 that is guaranteed to produce lasting fruit and that possesses the power to revolutionize lives? If so, is such an astounding claim too good to be true? Don't take my word for …

article | June 13, 2016

My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness (2 Cor. 12:9–10). Leadership is not for the faint of heart. Despite the fact that many assign an elevated status and strength to those who lead, most of …

article | December 12, 2018

I don’t know about you, but the Christmas season has a way of bringing out my best . . . and my worst. For example, in the midst of a joyous, festive party with family, I find myself consumed with self-centered thoughts. …

article | June 18, 2020

The raging fires jumped over the mountain and toward our home within seconds. We watched the news updates about pending evacuations as we hurriedly packed our bags, and suddenly the news anchor seemed to panic, nearly shouting, “Everyone . . . EVACUATE …

article | December 22, 2016

All week we’ve been reading Christmas in reverse. We started with the resurrection of Jesus from the tomb and worked our way backward to His birth. Honestly, the waiting felt a little tedious at times, didn’t it? Our hearts long to see …

article | March 5, 2013

In Luke 8:51–52 Jesus approaches a crowd mourning the death of a twelve-year-old girl. His words to them may seem strange considering that they had good reason to be upset. But He said, "Stop crying" (v. 52). In Luke 7:13 He says …

article | February 19, 2013

If you had asked me when I was twelve years old what I would be at twenty-four years old, I would have never said "still single." As a little girl, I thought that meeting Prince Charming, falling in love, and living happily …

article | June 18, 2018

If you’ve ever come under fire from a boss or leader who criticized you in irrational anger or cruel harshness, you probably never forgot the stinging experience. Sadly, it happens even in ministry. Some leaders haven’t yet learned to offer a critique …

article | March 15, 2017

Her situation couldn’t have been much more hopeless. She’d tried it all—filled out endless forms, visited regular doctors, alternative doctors, traveling doctors, wannabe doctors, retired doctors. She’d read, researched, cried, and prayed. She’d taken every medical exam known to man. And still, …