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I have had many wonderful pictures from working in children’s ministry. Some bring me joy, some make me tear up.

Until Then: Journeying Between the Now and the Not Yet
includes 52 devotionals, each with a prayer, memory
verse, suggested activity and additional Scripture reading
— all intended to encourage readers to live each day with
eternity in sight.

What we can control, however, is our own home. We can keep a regular stream of interesting, positive influences cycling through our front door

I was born and raised in a Muslim family in India. Growing up as a typical Muslim, I prayed, fasted and practiced the Five Pillars of Islam.

On August 30, 1967, the heat in Los Angeles did little to soothe the tempers of those prone to rioting. I found myself in the midst of this.

Shelley Carpenter recounts her journey through undiagnosed health trails, and how she came out of this trial with her faith intact.

Even though both major political parties candidates receive low grades in moral character, I’m optimistic because their power is limited.

When the nurse called, I expected confirmation we were having a boy. What I got instead threw our lives into orbit.

I was recently working a typical day, doing paperwork and answering phone calls. As I was just getting back from lunch my phone rang again.

It was November 3 in Nepal, November 2 in the USA. The group I was leading experienced a magnitude 6 earthquake during the night at the Machapuchere (Fishtail) base camp.

In our walks of faith, we may grapple with the balance of exercising our free will while discerning the path God has laid out for us

Every year on Facebook, I re-post a photo of Braylen and me crossing the finish line of the Shamrock Shuffle in Lexington Kentucky.