Jesus describes the only way to “bear fruit.” It is to “remain” in Him. To remain is “to abide, to not depart, or continue to stay present.” It is a simple formula, but that does not make it easy. Job is an Old Testament example of abiding in the ...

I’ve heard this countless times from my kids. Whether it’s the purse I told her she would not need at the park or the sunglasses he does not want to wear inside the mall, my kids don’t mind asking me to carry things they don’t want to carry. (I’ve...

I knew that the nursing part of my brain was running in the wrong direction. As I lay in my dark room at 2 a.m., my body wanted sleep, but my thoughts kept hashing through every possible reason for my pain. Trying to settle, I made a conscious eff...

My cousin has a small tattoo on her foot that reads F.R.O.G. She liked frogs when she was a little girl, but as she’s not a “tattoo person,” I asked her why she had this particular phrase inked onto her foot. She replied, “It reminds me to