As difficult as life is, God says that we should “in everything give thanks.” This command forces us to frame every difficult circumstance within the context...

It is so easy to imagine Moses as a storming prophet with a raised staff, distant and consumed with higher matters. But Numbers 12 describes Moses...

Sometimes when you are racked with pain and confused by sorrow or heartbreak, you long for a simple solution. A clear way out of the mess. A hopeful...

Here’s a discipline you may fail at, but it’s worth following as best you can: “Do not withhold good from those who deserve it when it is in...

When painful circumstances overwhelm us, we hope that God will do a Red Sea miracle, don’t we? We want him to take away the anguish, the sore...

Are you aware that God makes an investment in your life whenever you suffer pain or disappointment? God is investing his character into your life through...

Do you remember times when, at a dinner party, a committee meeting or a coffee time with co-workers you thought to yourself, “What am I doing here? I...

Suppose two friends gave you embroideries as gifts of gratitude. One embroidery you knew was stitched on a sewing machine; the other, handstitched...

As Ken and I reflected over the past year, we listed various ailments I’ve wrestled through: increasing pain, aging in a wheelchair, a continuing...