This Christmas I arrived at a party with mixed feelings; looking forward to a holiday celebration in the US and apprehensive about being away for so long. Driving up, I recognized some people arriving carrying food. But my earlier anticipation was...

How do we endure through difficult trials and situations? How do we keep going when we feel stuck or like we’re sinking? In today’s fast-paced hustle culture, it’s common to switch between jobs, careers, life goals, addresses, and friendships. I t...

Many years ago, a musician named Steve Green made an album (actually a cassette tape – I am giving away my age here!) that was all songs for kids. He took Bible verses and put them to catchy tunes, and I found myself quickly singing along and putt...

“Settle down, kids,” I heard myself yell above the din. I felt like I had tumbled into a Charles Dickens novel, visiting the holiday celebration with Scrooge and the Ghost of Christmas Past where there were “not forty children conducting themselve...