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Some time ago I forced myself to watch The Operation on the Learning Channel. They show real operations, with real blood and real sutures. I made myself watch because they were showing a kidney transplant, and...

"The way of a fool seems right to him, but a wise man listens to advice." Proverbs 12:15 Who would be dumb enough to take a shortcut through a narrow ...

Elisabeth Elliot tells the story of a little girl who, instead of doing her chores, decided she should spend that hour practicing on the piano. She sat proudly plunking away “Jesus Loves Me.” Her mother called from the other room...

My friend Robert exploded at God the other day when Joshua, his little boy with multiple disabilities, suffered yet another seizure. “God, I don’t get it,” Robert protested. “How can you allow Joshua to have...

When I paint close to the canvas, I wear heavy-duty, industrial-strength prescription glasses. Those thick lenses help me see things as they should be seen. It’s called vision—seeing things clearly. Vision is also what happens when we see...

O dear God, “Where there will be only goodness.” After centuries of war, greed, and lust. After indulgences shamelessly practiced After hatred, hostility, jealousy and abuse...