There is nothing about our faith that makes us pain-proof. It does hurt. It does make us cry. And we must dry our eyes and continue our w...

"Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at al...

In all the sadness, when you are feeling that your heart is empty and lacking; you must remember that grief is not the absence of love. G...

Hug a police officer. It's the law! (Author Unknown) After completing my classes at the International Conference of Police Chaplains, I w...

Do alcoholics ever hit bottom and then climb their way up into sobriety? Of course they do. But we never know who’ll be the lucky ones or...

There is a time to be born and a time to die. (King Solomon) After working in the yard Thursday I came inside and began watching televisi...

A fresh wind is blowing across this church of ours. (Barbara Harris, 1st Anglican woman bishop) Something unique is transpiring now that ...

It is easy to get a thousand prescriptions but hard to get one single remedy. (Chinese Proverb) In 1882 Philip Brooks, the one who wrote ...

Prayer does not fit us for the greater work; prayer is the greater work (Oswald Chambers) What was Jesus’ greatest work? Most feel the gr...

“Never, never be afraid to do what’s right, especially if the well-being of a person or animal is at stake. Society’s punishments are sma...

We crucified Jesus on a stick, but we have always had a curious feeling that He somehow managed to get hold of the right end of it. (Geor...

Even though the fig trees have no blossoms, and there are no grapes on the vines; even though the olive crop fails, and the fields lie em...

He who is only just is cruel. (Byron) There are two sides to everything, and not even God is exempt from this truth. His two sides—He is ...

Suicide does not end the chances of life getting worse, suicide eliminates the possibility of it ever getting better (Kat Calhoun). Wayne...

A person's a person, no matter how small. (Dr. Seuss) It was a typical Turpin Family Christmas. My wife prepared her normal fit for a kin...

He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose. (Jim Elliot) Every year my grandfather invested a great deal of ...

When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say I used every...

Life is only a long and bitter suicide, and faith alone can transform this suicide into a sacrifice. (Franz Liszt) Don decided to throw i...

The presence of the Holy Spirit is the keystone of all our hopes. (John Nelson Darby) Max Harrison was overwhelmed with joy at what his d...

"We should dedicate ourselves to becoming in this life the most perfect worshipers of God we can possibly be, as we hope to be through al...