“But you are…His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him…” (1Peter 2:9). Mankind was created for the purpose of...

The lightning was as consistent as a strobe light, and when I lifted my sleep mask I could see my husband's face across from me being...

As I walk through the streets of Vienna, Austria, I am in awe of the beautiful churches. Yet sadly, when I go inside, they are empty,...

Earlier this month we celebrated Independence Day, when our nation declared itself free from tyranny. Since that historical day, citizens...

Our culture holds freedom in high esteem, or at least its version of it. We’re encouraged to think of freedom in terms of the ability to...

"Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you." Colossians...

If I cannot choose otherwise, then I am not free. If I am compelled or forced to do something against my will, then I am a slave. The...

As a dentist specialized in oral medicine and orofacial pain, I spent an inordinate length of time in graduate school and multiple...

In the years of raising my three children, I became painfully aware of how little ones demand the attention of their parents. As a way of...

“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let...

The word peace in Hebrew (Shalom) has a broad meaning. Its various meanings according to Vines Dictionary include: safety, welfare,...

As I lay awake at 2AM my mind was going over all of the circumstances that were robbing me of peaceful sleep. My son’s recent break-up. ...

I remember the incident like it was yesterday. The news captured national attention when a Lancaster, PA man ambushed an Amish one-room...

What’s the best gift you’ve ever received? Although it’s likely you’ve received some lovely tangible gifts, your mind probably goes to...

Can you imagine being transposed to heaven and seeing God in His throne room? What if one day, you are having your quiet time and...

When we accept Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior, God does a miraculous work of making us new. In fact, any time we repent and turn...

The spring season in the northeast always reminds me of God’s promise of making all things new. After a long and barren winter, the...

I’ve noticed it’s taking me longer to make myself presentable each day: changing my attire multiple times, creatively covering that bald...

Most of us in the early days of our journey with Christ asked the Lord to change us and make us more like Him. We want Him to mold our...

Have you ever played the lottery when the power ball is hovering up around a billion dollars? The thoughts of how drastically that sum...

We live in a broken world. This is obvious when we open our news app and read the headlines of disasters, wars and political unrest...

Against all hope, when I was born, despite the decree from the doctors to my mother that I would die and there was nothing they could do...

Hope: the state of feeling that what one wants will or might happen; to want something to happen or to be true. Longing for something...

I was out of my element as I attempted to settle my shaky body into a down-dog on the wobbly paddleboard. We had paddled across the lake...