What can you do if you believe that depressive feelings keep you from living a productive life? You could look forward to a time when medicine and psychology may discover a real cure for your illness. That may be a long way off. In the meantime, you could look back several centuries to imitate […]
Decision. Decide that when someone gives you an opportunity to share Christ with him/her you will tell them how you came to know the Lord.
Pray. Pray daily for specific people in your social environments (family, relatives, friends, co-workers or fellow students, acquaintances).
Serve. Conduct your daily life as loving service to others. Doing this will […]
When pastor Paul Miller first became a Kids Hope USA mentor to a child named Simon, the boy was in such frequent fights that he had a nearly permanent place in the principal’s office. Simon’s life has begun to change in the two-and-a-half years that he’s met with Miller, pastor of Covenant Life Church […]
I have learned to watch for the Holy Spirit’s involvement in my life. The way Luke tells it in his gospel, the Spirit keeps very busy moving in peoples’ lives. He overshadowed Mary, he flooded Elizabeth with his presence, inspired Zechariah to prophesy about his son, guided Simeon to the infant Jesus, revealed the […]
Your seven-year-old comes home from religion class with a question: “Dad, how does Jesus get into that little piece of bread?” Or maybe another conversation stopper, like, “Tell me, Mom, how can God be three and one at the same time?”
You don’t know the answer. Don’t panic, you tell yourself. You may find safety […]
One of the most remarkable saints of the past, Aelred of Rievaulx (1100-1167), served as the abbot of a thriving monastery in Yorkshire, northern England in the twelfth century.
When Aelred joined the community in 1134, Rievaulx had only a handful of men. He was elected abbot in 1147 and when he died in 1167, […]
Feeling that they “don’t belong” is one of the main reasons kids leave the church. They say “they don’t get anything out of it.” The church does not seem to suit their more lively and attractive involvements—people, relationships, doing things with friends—so they are not interested in it.
Many kids feel that way partly because […]
