A Joyful Noise: Someone Significant

Every time a family celebrates a child’s birthday, people give the presents to the wrong person — the child.

Time to Take a Devotional Break: Faithful Friends

Depending on age, interests, and your place along this journey called “life,” friendship very likely means something different to every reader.

Time for a Devotional Break: Do It Scared

What frightens you the most? Following the recent presidential election, some would say they fear political change. Parents often say that they...

A Joyful Noise: A Time to Teach

Jose Gavarrete wanted to wince when the young man at the bar stuck a cigarette in the small hole left in his...

A Joyful Noise: When the Clouds Come

Someone please alert the authorities: I looked out my office window Friday morning, and I saw that somehow, the sky turned blue...

Worthy to be unworthy

Every November, Christians in America specifically and vividly honor those Christians who suffer for their faith, even...

A Joyful Noise: More Than Merry Christmas

I wish I could remember the day I learned that not everyone celebrated a merry Christmas. I remember Dad...

A Joyful Noise: Salvation’s Harvest

September teaches Christians to never take the  significance of the small for granted. They only need to stroll down...

Time for a Devotional Break: The Distortion of Sin

Unlike any dreaded dental appointment, visiting the optometrist has never caused me concern - until the most recent consultation. When asked the...

A Joyful Noise: True Love – And Pizza

On the eve of Valentine’s Day — when Americans inexplicably conclude that those tiny candy hearts taste good...