F Is for Fullness (Part 3)
Overflowing Joy Paul was prisoner in Rome, but he expected to be released. He planned to go to Philippi and visit his dear Christian friends there “so that through my being with you again your joy in Christ Jesus will overflow on account of me” (Phil. 1:26). Paul was the kind of Christian who brought
Are You Ready to Jump?
Many people have had the horrifying nightmare of freefalling through the air after falling from a building or cliff. On June 7, 2008, Sloan Carafello lived it as a reality. The 29 year old Schenectady, New York resident boarded a plane at the Duanesburg Airport simply as an observer. His plans were to take photographs
Write a Letter!
Handwritten letters are a thing of the past. Email and text messaging are taking over. Think of the implications. We have books of letters from famous people lining library shelves today. Will there be books of emails? I doubt it. My parents wrote letters during World War II. They both saved their letters, and a
F Is for Fullness (Part 2)
Overflowing Tears “Oh, that my head were a spring of water and my eyes a fountain of tears!” wrote the prophet Jeremiah (9:1). “Let my eyes overflow with tears day and night” (14:!7). Strange prayers! But Jeremiah loved hsi people and faithfully ministered to them and wept over them forty years, but they would not
God Remembered
For eight years, noted Russian author and historian Alexander Solzhenitsyn was sentenced to exile in a Soviet labor camp. While there, his parents died, his wife divorced him, and a tumor was found on him that began the spread of cancer in his body. Under the weight of the unbearable burden, Solzhenitsyn saw no reason
The Choices You Make and the Road You Take
Every year millions of people in America make News Year’s resolutions. Most of them don’t last six weeks. It’s much like what happens when we see people rededicating their lives to Christ. They mean well, they have good intentions, but soon after that decision, they go back to their old rut and routine. They lack
F Is for Fullness (Part 1)
“I do hope my Father will let the river of my life go flowing fully till the finish. I don’t want it to end up in a swamp.” The British preacher and writer F. F. Meyer spoke those words, and I have often pondered the two images he used: the river and the swamp. The
Deconstructing Church
Deconstructing Church: Five Stages of a Generational Revolution Since the 1970s I have been an eyewitness to the Boomer revolution in church. In 1970 all the power was in the hand of the so-called “greatest generation.” We Boomers didn’t think the way they did church was so great. We had our own ideas and initiated
Words, Words, Words
I am grateful to be an American. I am grateful for the freedom to assemble and to speak, and the freedom of religion. What I hate about it is the rhetoric, the empty words of politicians. They make promises they have no intention of keeping. They say things to flatter their particular audience and then
You Can Have a Happy Home
(Copyright Warren Wiersbe, originally appeared in Songs in the Night. May not be reprinted without permission of 2ProphetU.com.) A cute little girl was sitting on top of a pile of luggage in a hotel lobby. Her parents were at the desk registering for their room. A sympathetic lady asked the little girl if they were
My Date with the Christian Bookstore
Due to the torrential downpours we’ve been experiencing as a result of Tropical Storm Fay, my husband and I have been trying to intersperse our evenings with quick errands or outings to curb our cabin fever. Last night, we went to our local Christian bookstore. I honestly don’t frequent Christian bookstores very often, normally opting
Be Still
In 1988, National Geographic photographer Eric Valli received both national and international recognition for his effort in securing an amazing photograph which he entitled, “Honey Hunters.” The photograph was of a jungle nomad named Mani Lal gathering honey in the Himalayan foothills where the world’s largest honeybee takes shelter. What made this such an adventurous