We are in the season of parades, halfway between Macy’s Parade and the Rose Parade. One of my best friends used to go to the Rose Parade prior to attending the Rose Bowl game later that afternoon. His parents knew some people of wealthy means who had seats each year...

What do you do when you are not feeling the joy of Thanksgiving? What do you do when you are not feeling thankful? Perhaps you have experienced deep loss. Maybe your plans for the long weekend did not work out. Thanklessness can even happen when you’re stuck in a slump...

What do you do when you are not feeling the joy of Thanksgiving? What do you do when you are not feeling thankful? Perhaps you have experienced deep loss. Maybe your plans for the long weekend did not work out. Thanklessness can even happen when you’re stuck in a slump...

I was greatly intrigued by the taxidermied cheetah laying on the table. I was a child walking through the foyer where our missionaries displayed their cultures, their ministries, and their sign-up sheets. Our church Missions Conference was designed to motivate people to serve the Lord. At my childish height, I...

Hope affords us the opportunity to be human. We can be real about hardship, difficulties, grief, and suffering when we have hope. Biblical hope anchors our hearts and minds in the goodness of God. Such hope is defined as a confident expectation about the future, a certain conviction that God...