What should we do while we are waiting for the Lord to “make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the…

“I was sitting behind you at the Thanksgiving Eve service and I am so glad I got to see how ornery your boys are! It gives me hope as I…

Throughout the Psalms, we read the lament, “How long, oh Lord, how long?” Many of you whisper or shout that…

Our kids call Chuck’s mother, Situ, Lebanese for grandmother. Situ is with Jesus but laughter often fills the room when family gathers and we share Situ memories. Every Christmas, someone…

Between now and Christmas, we are pulling back the curtains on the lives of five women: a wounded widow, a professional prostitute, an indomitable immigrant, a bathing beauty and a terrified teenager. Each…

I was about fifteen years old when my very talented, artistic mother coached me to sing All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth for a holiday talent contest. Seconds before I…

So what is a “midwife of the Messiah”? The Apostle Paul challenged Pastor Titus to “teach the older women so that they could teach the younger women” how to walk by faith in their own personal lives. Each o…

On Christmas Eve and day, our first Christmas without Mark, I wrote in my journal: Well, Lord, here I am. Christmas Eve. Running until I drop. Trying not to think…

"Your mother has six other children. Why is it so important for you and your family to go to her house for Thanksgiving? She might be…

Children in foster care and many adopted children deeply grieve during the holidays, even little ones. They may not understand why they are…

As I mentioned in Sunday’s devotional, about two weeks before Thanksgiving every year I begin to feel disorganized, disconnected…

No matter how much we plan and prepare for the holidays, I know we will all agree, especially those like me whose loss was…

What gives us the strength to get through the holidays when our hearts want to give up? I never want to forget the anguish and tears…

Dear Friends, It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year, It's the Hap-happiest season of all... except... when it's not.…

We have watched together as God, through faithful men and women, accomplished His own transcendent and eternal purposes…

In the darkness of our grief, we longed for heaven and often started the day thinking, “Lord Jesus, this would be a good day for…

Years ago, Cal Ripken of the Baltimore Orioles was honored for breaking a record few imagined would ever be broken…

God has set eternity in every heart, a longing for the presence of God, and nothing else will truly satisfy (Ecclesiastes 3:11). Some people…

Our lives on earth, the Bible tells us, are a mere wisp of breath on a cold winter day, as we just read in James 4:14. So much more awaits…

Unfortunately, an uninspired chapter heading interrupts the flow of thought between chapters 11 and 12 in the book of…