Some of the people who shape history never become famous themselves. Anthusa was one of them. She lived in Antioch in the fourth century and was widowed when she was only 20 years old. Rather than remarry, she devoted herself to raising her two children. One of those children was John Chrysostom. John would grow […]
Whether we realize it or not, we are all hungry for God. The problem is that most of us don’t know how to satisfy that need. We tend to spend our lives searching for something to satiate our inner hunger. One way of satisfying our need for God is by studying the Bible. It has […]
Did you know the average household has three Bibles? According to the American Bible Society, that doesn’t mean anyone’s reading them. In fact, research from LifeWay shows that more than half of Americans have read very little or none of the Bible. A third never pick it up on their own, and less than a […]
Joyce Urch and her husband, Eric, celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary in a way neither of them could have imagined. Twenty-six years earlier, Joyce had lost her sight to a hereditary disease. During those years, she came to know her five children, twelve grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren by the sound of their voices and the […]
When GPS apps first came out, they were… let’s just say, a little unreliable. I would have stopped using them, except every time I tried, they somehow led me back home by a completely different route, and I couldn’t remember exactly how I got there! “At the next exit, turn right and meander through the […]
The J. Paul Getty Museum in California once acquired a striking statue called the “Getty Kouros”. At first, many experts were convinced it was an authentic ancient work. But some immediately sensed something was off. George Despinis, head of the Acropolis Museum, said, “Anyone who has ever seen a sculpture coming out of the ground could […]
Author James Branch Cabell once wrote, “The optimist thinks that this is the best of all possible worlds; the pessimist knows it.” I’ve always gotten a chuckle out of that quote. And honestly… some days it feels a little too accurate. Turn on the news for five minutes and you’ll find plenty of reasons to […]
Have you ever noticed that we celebrate Independence Day on July 4… not the day the Revolutionary War actually ended? Kind of odd, isn’t it? If I had been in charge, I probably would have waited until after the victory parade. You know, once we’d actually won. Maybe then I’d throw the fireworks, fire up the […]
I have never believed that I was made to be average. Now, let’s be honest—on the ball field, on certain exams, in writing competitions, in my height, in my weight, in my shoe size—I’ve been, most certainly, average. But deep down, I’ve never thought I was meant to be average. And despite looking like a […]
Warren Wiersbe said, “A realist is an idealist who has gone through the fire and been purified. A skeptic is an idealist who has gone through the fire and been burned.” Do you know what the difference is? It’s not the fire, the heat, or the duration. It’s the attitude you bring into it. When […]
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