As a pastor’s wife, I have helped with many Christmas pageants over the years. Memories abound of wise men with cardboard crowns, shepherds in striped robes, angels with paper wings and...

Many devotions around Christmas urge us to make time in our busy holiday schedules to talk to God, spend time in meditation, and read the Bible. These are great suggestions, but...

After a long day at work, I accidentally locked my keys and my phone in my car when I stopped to get gas. After going into the gas station to call...

I once read that the smartest leaders are those who realize their gifts and their limitations. Paul warns us not to think too highly of ourselves by assuming we can do...

When my daughter was in kindergarten, her school held a Christmas fair. One of the highlights was a shop where the children could select their own gifts for their parents and...

I worry about almost everything! When I feel overcome by worry, I look for signs of inspiration to help me cope. I found such inspiration in a most unlikely place this...

My parents serve in a few Christian communities, and they always take me with them to help in their ministry. Some time ago I began to feel that working in those...

Each Christmas season I spend time reading and re-reading the Christmas story from the Bible. This year the story provided a particularly relevant truth. A month before Christmas, several family issues...

During one of my first mission trips to Mexico, we stayed in the minister’s home next to the church and worked alongside the people in the community. Although the trip was...

These days I have plenty of time for porch-sitting at my home in Mississippi. But life wasn’t always this way. When I was 35, I struggled through a divorce and became...