“Well done, good and faithful servant!”— Matthew 25:23 One of the defining moments in my prayer life happened a decade ago. I was in a small group with a friend who worked for InterVarsity Christian Fellowship at Georgetown University. Jeremy was working on a shoestring budget, and their campus ministry needed a computer. He shared…
Passing the Baton of Faith to the Next Generation
A Generation Who Did Not Know God Joshua was the man God chose to lead the children of Israel into the Promised Land, and he displayed incredible strength and courage in doing so. He was a mighty man of faith and an inspiring leader, but look what happened: The people served the Lord throughout the lifetime of Joshua…
Community — Everybody’s Weird
To make a start where we are, we must recognize that our world is not normal, but only usual at present. — DALLAS WILLARD Community is the place where the person you least want to live with always lives. — HENRI NOUWEN We are tempted to live under the illusion that somewhere out there are people who…
Love By Your Actions
‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ — Luke 10:27 Did you know that the religious leaders of Jesus’ day had more than six hundred man-made laws they were required to obey?…
Everyday Moments to Treasure
And yet I will show you the most excellent way. If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. — 1 Corinthians 12:31–13:1 Each morning, I have a routine with my man. It’s simple. Nothing profound. Nothing for which we’d ever stop…
Living Among the Homeless at Harvard
Editor’s Note: While taking his final course at Harvard, John Frame stepped outside the walls of academia and chose to live on the streets, pursuing a different kind of education with his homeless friends. This is one story about John’s friend Neal that provides a closer look at what it’s like to live among the…
Let Your Light Shine – Bible Study of the Week
Have you ever considering volunteering? The words, “Here I am, Send me!” from Isaiah 6:8 are the volunteers’ motto. Is this true for you? The book of Nehemiah just might be the best example of a volunteers’ handbook. In rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem, Nehemiah demonstrated several principles of divinely inspired and highly effective volunteering…
Let Your Light Shine
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven. — Matthew 5:16 In the final days of Jesus’ life, He shared a meal with His friends Lazarus, Martha, and Mary. Within the week He would feel the sting of the Roman whip, the point of…
True Love Puts Others First
Love is patient, love is kind… It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. — 1 Corinthians 13:4–5 “I can’t live with him, but I can’t seem to live without him either,” her letter said. She added that she had moved out of their house three times,…
Love that Lasts Forever
Love never fails. — 1 Corinthians 13:8 (NIV) “Love,” Paul says, “never fails.” The verb Paul uses for the word fail is used elsewhere to describe the demise of a flower as it falls to the ground, withers, and decays. It carries the meaning of death and abolishment. God’s love, says the apostle, will never fall…