"My God shall supply all your need."     Philippians 4:19How can you tell when you're depending on people rather than God?  When you get upset with your boss because you didn't get the raise you think...  Read More

"The righteous give generously."     Psalm 37:21 NIVYour desire for financial security can discourage you from giving.  Why?  Because each dollar you give away feels like it's no longer available for ...  Read More

"A heart at peace gives life to the body, but envy rots the bones." [Proverbs 14:30] Writer Marilyn McEntyre shares the story of learning from a friend that "the opposite of envy is celebration." Desp...  Read More

"The Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news." [Isaiah 61:1] One evening in 1964, the Great Alaska earthquake shocked and writhed for more than four minutes, registering a 9.2 magnitude. In Anchora...  Read More

"You are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with God's people and also members of his household." [Ephesians 2:19] Downton Abbey was a popular British television drama that follow...  Read More

"Keep to a path far from her, do not go near the door of her house." [Proverbs 5:8] The dormouse's nose twitched. Something tasty was nearby. Sure enough, the scent led to a birdfeeder full of delicio...  Read More

"Follow my example, as I follow the example of Christ." [1 Corinthians 11:1]No words. Just music and moving. During a twenty-four-hour Zumba marathon amid the COVID-19 pandemic, thousands of people fr...  Read More

"What is mankind that you are mindful of them?" [Psalm 8:4] In the early twentieth century, Italian poet F.T. Marinetti launched Futurism, an artistic movement that rejected the past, scoffed at tradi...  Read More

"If he comes to you, welcome him."  [Colossians 4:10] Amos was an overbearing extrovert, and Danny was a loner wracked with self-doubt. Somehow these eccentric geniuses became best friends. They spent...  Read More

"Now go; I will help you speak and will teach you what to say." [Exodus 4:12] Jen was born without legs and abandoned at the hospital. Yet she says being put up for adoption was a blessing. "I am here...  Read More

"Pray continually." [1 Thessalonians 5:17] Harriet Tubman couldn't read or write. As an adolescent, she suffered a head injury at the hands of a cruel slave master. That injury caused her to have seiz...  Read More

"You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you." [Isaiah 26:3] A pirouette is a graceful spin that's executed by ballerinas and contemporary dancers alike. ...  Read More