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,...