A Joyful Noise: Weeding the Heart

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

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...

Worthy to be unworthy

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

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...

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.

A Joyful Noise: Through the Bloood

Dirk Willems was waiting in prison to die. He had not — would not — deny his crimes, and...

A Joyful Noise: Songs of the Season

In 1990, David Foster and Linda Thompson crafted their now-famous “grown-up Christmas list.” And through the song they wrote,...

Time to Take a Devotional Break: Encounter with God

While family members can build strong bonds of love, it is also possible to destroy those same relationships through misunderstandings, jealousy, or...

A Joyful Noise: The Anguish of Anger

I pity a person I’ve never met. I don’t know his—or her—real name; he or she uses the name...

Time to Take a Devotional Break: 03-23-2024

VICTIM OR VICTOR? Society is filled with individuals who consider themselves victims. Nothing reveals this more than advertisements, signs,...