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Prayer, Work, and Praise

A twelve-year-old Haitian girl’s feet were so deformed that she was actually walking on her ankles. She asked some missionaries if they could help her, but the girl’s... Read More »

Time to Praise

It was the worst of times. In the first half of the seventeenth century, Germany was in the midst of wars and famine and pestilence. In the city of Eilenburg lived a pastor by... Read More »

Things Above

Stepping outside and gazing heavenward on a star-studded evening always helps to soothe my soul after a trouble-filled day. When I peer into the night sky, I forget, at least for... Read More »

Heaven’s Greatest Delights

What will be one of heaven’s supreme joys?

Joni Eareckson Tada, disabled as a teenager in a diving accident, has been a paraplegic for over 40 years. One would imagine... Read More »

Sing to the Lord

It’s as though a sinister stranger comes knocking on your door. You must let him in, for he knocks insistently and will not go away. He is sorrow personified.

You... Read More »

What Really Matters

As a deadly tornado ripped through Will County, Illinois, a young father sat cradling his infant child, born just 3 weeks before. When the fierce, howling winds finally subsided... Read More »

From Awe to Adoration

What’s the greatest activity we can spend time doing? Worshiping God! Worship is not repeating hasty, routine petitions or listening to mood-inducing music. Worship is the... Read More »

Alpha and Omega

The meaning of the words Alpha and Omega —terms that refer to the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet—is fairly easy to understand. Like A and Z,... Read More »

A Walk with Whitaker

When my dog Whitaker and I take our morning walk through the deep woods of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, the air is filled with sound. Birds of many species break the early... Read More »

The Darkest Day

To celebrate Passover, Jewish worshipers sing Psalms 113-118, a section called the “Egyptian Hallel.” The ceremony builds to a crescendo of appreciation for freedom... Read More »