Throughout Scripture we see the riveting examples of what God did only after those following him took just one step.

Stress is stress, and how we react to it may determine whether it was good or bad. So I’m deciding how to label the stresses of the weekend.

Not only did the angels proclaim peace at the time of his birth, but Jesus promised peace just before his death.

Four simple prayers betray an insight into what I need to think about more.

Just as Jesus couldn’t get his cross to its resting place without help, he needs us to bring rest to our loved ones, disoriented and diminished by their disease.

“Though I never expected to be alone at this age or for this long, God has truly led me to a new, different, and surprisingly fulfilling life.”

Of course, every “good and perfect gift” comes from our Heavenly Father. Should I include a dry basement in that category?

Weren’t these men reasonable? And didn’t they all agree? What was so wrong with believing the troubling report they brought from the land God wanted them to own?

Phyllis Girdwood reflects on what it meant to care for her husband who was dying with cancer—and how she’s learning to cope in the years since his passing.

For several decades I would have claimed to understand service. But these days, I’m coming to understand much more.

If our first reaction to the Ten Commandments is a definite ho-hum, maybe we owe it to ourselves to stop and ponder them again.

I never would have asked these friends for what they’ve given. Could I be so good and gracious to give so generously?

“No one can do this as well as I can.” We actually believe this, but today’s Bible story reminds us it may not be true.

A friend says my tone is different now than when I first started posting at this blog site one year ago. Maybe. But I’m glad I’ve started chronicling how this journey is affecting us.

Like the ancient Israelites, we don’t want to be hungry. And just as they had trouble trusting God for sustenance, we sometimes wonder if we’ll have what it takes to get to tomorrow.

“This is the day the Lord has made.” And I found reason to “rejoice in it.”

They had seen God do what only God can do. Why didn’t they trust him to act again?

A new answer to the popular but perplexing “How are you?”

Moses was afraid to look at God, and sometimes we are unwilling to face the tasks God has laid at our feet. But we can take strength from the same presence God promised Moses at the burning bush.

Who will I be when my caregiving duties are over? Part of the answer to that rests in how I’m living my life today.