Onward and Upward to the Higher Ground with God
The Rocky Mountains have always captured my heart and gripped my imagination. My Uncle Ted had a ranch just northwest of Denver, and from the...
The Rocky Mountains have always captured my heart and gripped my imagination. My Uncle Ted had a ranch just northwest of Denver, and from the...
If you have a job flipping burgers at McDonald’s, it’s hard to look at your work as exalted, right? A stay-at-home mom who changes diapers, loads dishwashers...
A few years ago when the Hyakutake Comet whizzed by earth, we drove to the edge of the Mojave Desert, found a little side road, and parked near the top of the Tehachapi Mountains. When I got out of the van and looked up...
The four walls of a sickroom can be so confining, even if we’re only stuck there for a short time. Whether in the hospital or at home, we long to escape those suffocating walls. At such times we may be tempted to cry out...
Loss is a part of life, woven into its very fabric. Futures are altered. Dreams are ripped apart. Families can grow distant. Friends can slip away. I’m grateful my losses are redeemed by God. In my despair I have reached out to him...
Pain stirs the heart of a father like nothing else. My friend Jim knows all about this. He often has to leave his three little boys when he flies away on business. On a recent trip, as the family drove together to the airport...
Having lived with paralysis for decades, Joel Vander Molen has faced daunting challenges since early childhood. He joins the Joni and Friends Ministry...
When the weather turns warm, I think back to summertime days spent in the sand dunes near Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. The powerful waves’ deafening noise thrilled yet frightened me. But when I swam far out beyond the breakers...
Last week my pastor used an illustration that opened a small window on how “beyond us” God is. Let’s suppose you were a completely flat little water bug who lived only on the water’s surface. As such, you are aware of length...
Bryan and Jennifer have two sons, Gunnar and Roa, who lives with significant disabilities. When Roa was little, his family heard about Joni and Friends...