The Written Code
"Sir,” the mâitre d’ whispered as he pulled my friend Gary aside, “you cannot enter here without the proper attire. Coat and tie are required.” Unbeknownst to my shirtsleeved friend, the upscale New York...
"Sir,” the mâitre d’ whispered as he pulled my friend Gary aside, “you cannot enter here without the proper attire. Coat and tie are required.” Unbeknownst to my shirtsleeved friend, the upscale New York...
Several years ago when they were reprinting the Joni book in Arabic, I wrote to Johan, a missionary in the Middle East, asking whether he thought I should change the photo of myself on the cover. I sought his...
These ancient parting words, known as the Mizpah—which means beacon or watchtower—carry special meaning for Celeste Sharpe, who lives with cerebral palsy...
Have you ever watched an infant caress his mother? He “goos” and “gaahs,” slobbering his affection all over her cheek. He laughs in her arms, breaks into a squeal, and spits a “brrrrh!” of curdled milk into her face...
Behind Jesus’ rough cloak and beard, behind his simple conversations with neighbors, behind the humble circumstances surrounding his life, powerful things were going on. Things of universal importance. Even as Jesus plodded the dirt...
Who’s the person in whom God is ready to work? Who’s prepared for revival? My friend Nancy Leigh DeMoss once described what such an individual looks like. Are you ready for the Lord to do a marvelous work in your life...
When I was in Russia, my husband, Ken, purchased one of those wooden, hand-painted peasant dolls that twist open at the middle to reveal another doll inside...
If I had a “signature art piece,” it might just be New Life. I finished this butterfly study the year I turned 28, and many fell in love with it because of...
One of the most dramatic scenes in Scripture is when the Lord Jesus, after his resurrection, stretches out his hands to Thomas and challenges him to touch his wounds—and thus believe. Jesus could have left Thomas to stew in his doubts...
When Jacob was born, he wasn’t breathing. His mother Katrina remembers her anguish as doctors pronounced her baby boy dead. But Katrina believed...