Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee . . . Isaiah 60:1 There was a time when I’d stop...

. . . He found them sleeping for sorrow. Luke 22:45 I could’ve been a professional sleeper in my youth if ever there was such a thing....

Some years back, I went through a particularly difficult time. My struggles seemed insurmountable. My faith had hit an all-time low. I’d...

Last night, my husband and I listened to a powerful teaching on the courts of heaven. Though I’ve camped out much at the throne of...

The Lord GOD has given Me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him who is weary. He awakens Me...

Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it (Hebrews 13:2) We...

On the heels of describing the troubling conditions of the dark days ahead, Jesus tells His listeners the parable of the widow before the...

Some years ago, my husband and I felt led to check out an inner-city ministry. Hope City KC was big on bringing prayer to the heart of...

“Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?” I said it rather flippantly under my breath as we were pulling into the parking lot of the...

Give me your prayers. The unexpected thought whopped me upside my head. I may have been only a few years into my walk with Christ, but I...

It was just after sunrise when I opened the side garage door to go about my routine wildlife feeding. I love how the early-morning sun...

Sometimes while praying the Lord’s Prayer, especially the part that says Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done (Matthew 6:10), my mind slips...

Spring’s temperamental and often cantankerous weather never frightened me in my childhood years. Probably because our house was the...

Poof! It’s Gone What if history could be erased? Not the good stuff, mind you. Those things need to stay. Just the bad, the ugly, the...

Let’s see . . . something original . . . something original. It all started with a phone conversation. The subject was plagiarism. My...

The year was 1987. My husband Bill and I were sitting down to Thanksgiving dinner with our family when the call came. Sixteen of our...

Diving Deeper Today found me on the warpath. On a scale of one- to-ten, the internet was winning itself a big fat zero in my book. I was...

First of all, then, I admonish and urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgiving be offered on behalf of all men, For...

We whitewashed our picket fence last summer—all twenty-six-thousand miles of it. Did I say twenty-six thousand? I meant...

Once again, my husband and I have witnessed the remarkable power of prayer. Corporate prayer. Family, friends, acquaintances, friends of...