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I Am the Way, the Truth, and the Life: A Lenten Reflection on Jesus’ I Am Statements
More than 300,000 pilgrims traverse the ancient paths each year. Some seek spiritual renewal and a deeper relationship with God like those who preceded them in the Middle Ages. Others pursue the meaning in life or walk to find answers to deep questions. Although the...
Discovering Comfort in the Treasures of Christ
Tiny legs carried them across the sand in a frenetic search as each child bent low over a crudely sketched map. The sunlight shone from their eyes like sea glass scattered on the beach. "It's here somewhere," one said. "Let me look at that." Another boy grabbed the...
Do Not Let Your Hearts Be Troubled
I’ve let you down. The moment I ask the Lord to fill the page with encouraging words, my thoughts still. It’s as though the well leading to my spirit has been cut off and the life existing there is dammed up-cut off by the grief all around us. One day, it is...
The Secrets of the Cave of Adullam
We’d attended the quaint, family-oriented church for years. I’d joined Bible study groups, attended morning meetings for young mamas, and participated in Sunday school. Still, loneliness gnawed at my insides. Somehow, I just didn’t fit. One day after the traditional...
Learning to Rejoice in Difficult Circumstances
The throbbing is real but intangible. Painful but unseen. It's the shattering of a heart already broken experiencing one more journey in the wasteland. Have you been in this place before? In the same sort of circumstance where your dreams are dashed by reality and...
From the Bookshelf (and a Giveaway)
Jimmy Evan’s book, I Am David: 10 Lessons in Greatness from Israel’s Most Famous King, is a call to live for Christ despite challenges, difficult circumstances, and ploys of the enemy. It is a reminder to stay on the battlefield in the mix of...
Redeemed From the Shadow of Shame
Your parents had to get married. Her words, rife with condemnation and mockery, penetrated my third-grade heart. I felt the stares of the other children. I blinked hard, forcing my humiliation to be quiet. Undetectable. But shame rose fast and unrelenting like...
