November December 2019

Living Witnesses

Reading Time: 6 minutesIn 2016 I shut my classroom door for the final time, choosing to leave a dream job and face…

Shepherd Stories

Reading Time: 5 minutesIt was 2:38 a.m. and only eighteen degrees outside. I was soundly sleeping in my warm, comfortable bed when…

Skin and Bones Discipleship

Reading Time: 3 minutesThe story is told of a busy father who wanted to occupy his toddler so the boy wouldn’t distract…

Amazing Grace

Reading Time: 2 minutesJesus has entrusted us with a critical rescue mission where eternal destinies hang in the balance. Most of us…

Thy Kingdom Come

Reading Time: 4 minutesThe 2000 movie Pay It Forward tells the story of a seventh grader named Trevor, whose new social studies…

The Revelation Challenge

Reading Time: 3 minutesWhen my youngest son was in fifth grade at a Christian school, he surprised me one day with this…

Patience, First and Last

Reading Time: 3 minutesHave you ever noticed that in his famous list of love’s qualities in 1 Corinthians 13:4-7, the apostle Paul…

When the Answer is No

Reading Time: 5 minutesI stared at the mortuary pamphlet in my hand. Dates, times, places. Death — the death of my grandfather,…

Like the Master

Reading Time: 6 minutesA mother teaches her toddler to share her toys with her brother, who is one year younger. A father…

What does Paul mean by “mutual submission” in Ephesians 5:21?

Reading Time: 3 minutesHow does Paul’s teaching on mutual submission in Ephesians 5:21 relate to his instructions on submission within specific authority…