I Said, “No” to the Corner Office
I let go of the empty thing I was chasing and embraced the better thing God had for me. Saying no wasn’t failure; it was surrender.
Five Dollars, Four Kids, and No Plan B
After two years of raising support across the United States, we believed God had opened the door for us to serve at a Bible college in Mexico. Two years later, God moved us again, this time to a children’s home near the Gulf Coast. It was a painful transition...
When Pickleball Became a Lifeline But Jesus Remained My Savior
“Pickleball saved your life,” someone said to me recently, after I emerged from a frightening health crisis that included COVID encephalopathy and RABIDO. I knew what they meant—that staying active had strengthened my body. But my heart whispered the deeper truth: Pickleball didn’t save me. Jesus did.
Lament: A Battle Cry for Hope
Unasked questions stuck in my throat, and what felt like a huge gulf opened between the God of all comfort and me. I had experienced the loss of two pregnancies and my fallopian tubes. It wasn’t until I discovered the rhythm of lament that I began to find hope in the darkness. When I cried out to God, asking hard questions, I also started listening to him...
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: Shutting Up Your Inner Eeyore
Remember Eeyore? That gloomy donkey convinced everything was conspiring against him? I’m seeing his “everything’s raining on my parade” attitude showing up everywhere—life is constantly holding us down, holding us back. But here’s the hard truth: we create the atmosphere and we bring it with us.
PUBLISHER’S LETTER: Stories Shared. Lives Transformed.
As we gather with Christian communicators from around the world, I'm reminded of the extraordinary power of story...
Jamie MacDonald: Singing Through the Struggle
Despite the defeat and shame that came after her parents’ divorce, a troubled upbringing, and delays, Contemporary Christian Music Artist Jamie MacDonald shares how God’s grace turned her story around from desperate need to “Desperate” success...
The Miracle of Online Ministry: Embracing Your Call As A Media Missionary
I hear the concern everywhere— complaints about social media and fears about what our time online is doing to us society. Combine that with the frustration of not knowing what’s real and what’s not and we have a recipe for throwing up our hands and throwing out all digital connections. Online danger is real. Discouragement is real. Fatigue is real. But if we focus only on the negatives of interacting online, we risk missing one of the most miraculous tools of our time...
Glimpse into Glory
When a miracle touches one spouse, it touches the other. Though I was the one who nearly died, God performed miracles for both Bill and me...
Praying Your Way Out of the Holiday Blues
Why is it that heartbreak so often happens during the holiday season? As the world sings, “O come, all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant,” tragedy can suddenly zap away our joy. Loved ones can pass away, and lives can be turned upside down...