Time to Take a Devotional Break: Go to Church or be the Church

Ah, the joys of social media, allowing us to connect with loved ones while bringing unwanted attention from businesses, legitimate and otherwise....

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: 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...

Time to Take a Devotional Break: The Unwanted Gift

It happens to all of us — we receive a gift we never requested, wanted, or imagined. Whether an item of clothing...

A Joyful Noise: Remembering the Forgotten

In a world where headlines and hashtags compete for Americans’ ever-shrinking attention spans, Mary Ngoshe might not matter anymore.

Time For a Devotional Break: Exiled, Not Homeless

Anyone watching the news this week could not avoid photos and videos depicting horrific scenes of war. Following the initial devastation were...

A Joyful Noise: A Legacy Worth Leaving

As a child, Corrie Ten Boom went with her mother to visit a woman who had just lost her baby, and the...

A Joyful Noise: Gasping for Grace

In his first epistle to Timothy, Paul encourages him to show rather brutal grace. Officially, the veteran evangelist identifies...

A Joyful Noise: Weeding the Heart

Whenever summer begins, I naturally think about the fall. “Cursed is the ground for your sake … Both thorns...

Time to Take a Devotional Break: What Do You Need?

If you’ve ever learned a new skill, you’ve no doubt experienced the confusion and mistakes made during the acquisition stage.