A prayer for the discouraged
This is an excerpt from the new resource, Our Certain Hope: Prayers for Lent and Easter. Receive the full prayer book by signing up for Carmen’s monthly…
How to have a real conversation: Speaking truth, in love
Ephesians chapter 4 ends with instruction about how we should engage as Christians who are in the world but not of it: Let no corrupting talk…
Spotlight Interview: Sally Burke invites moms, grandparents, and everyone else to pray for our schools
Back to school is here. Hard to believe, but it’s true. As we prepare to send our children back to school (or have already done so)…
A Christ follower’s back to school checklist
Every store declares and every flashing light in every part of town forewarns: Back to school! Freshly sharpened pencils, crisp folders— many of us have nostalgia…
God can use ordinary Christians in daily conversations in glorious ways
God desires to use us—people who have a restored relationship with Him—to bring His perspective into the conversations of the day. We are regular run-of-the-mill, ordinary…
You have a story to share and yes, people want to hear it
Your personal story is undeniable and people want to hear your story. Where God appears in your story, the more personal you can make it, the…
Summer Calling: Serving as Spiritual (or Actual) Lifeguards
“Pool closed.” That’s the sign greeting many urban families across the United States this summer. Why? There’s a nationwide shortage of lifeguards. The lifeguard shortage has…
Spotlight Interview with Dewey Williams, Minister on Death Row
2414. No, that is not my projection about the year in which the world will come to an end. 2414 is the number of people in…
What does it mean to be a Good Samaritan today
On the NYC Subway incident and asking what does God expect of us today Friend, when you woke up this morning, what did you expect to…
What’s love got to do with it?
Rock and soul singer Tina Turner has died after a long battle with illness. She was 83. Maybe her most well known song was “What’s love…
Spotlight Interview with Jon Ward, National News Correspondent
Jon Ward is a front line journalist in Washington D.C. and a Christian. He currently serves as the chief National Correspondent at Yahoo! News, and has…
Where Everyone Went When Everything Went Wrong
While he was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, arrived. With him was a large crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent from the chief…
