There’s an old saying that goes, “A contented man is the one who enjoys the scenery along the detours.” We usually think of detours as interruptions in an...

A friend of mine who suffers from migraine headaches tells me that on some mornings she wakes up thinking, How can I do this? I don’t have the will to even...

Why does our salvation leave no regrets? Well, to be saved means to realize your low estate before a holy God (that’s what godly sorrow is all about). And...

Cecile Van Antwerp has lived in a wheelchair many more years than I have, plus she resides in a nursing home. Years ago when I went to visit her, I was...

Suppose you’re walking down a street, when you are accosted and forced to carry a huge and heavy basket on your back. You’re ordered to walk three blocks...

Someone once said to me, “Joni, I wish I could be like you, because you’ll get a great reward in heaven.” I appreciate the accolade but I see it differently...

I will never forget Thanksgiving Day 1963. I was fourteen years old, living on a farm in Maryland, and Mr. Cauthorne, the owner of the big estate across the...

When New Testament Christians read this verse on an Old Testament parchment, or when the early church fathers, such as Wycliffe, read it from the newly...

How would you communicate to a child spiritual truths like justice, mercy, and grace? They are heavy-duty principles even for an adult! But they are also the...

I'm dumping my old address book for a new one. I can’t believe how many names I’ve accumulated over the years. Some of them I don’t even recognize...