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12 Ways to Make Your Kids’ Summer Fun and Fulfilling

Written by Becky Bennett

Three months with no school! Will it be a time for vegging in front of the TV or computer? Or will it be time for actively learning and building good memories? Our calendars may say that June 20...

What Does It Mean to Visit the Poor?

Written by Susan Herrmann

Sometimes a literal reading of a word in the Bible can limit our understanding of a deeper concept. Sometimes we can read over clear statements in the Scriptures—statements that should...

Conformity vs. Letting Your Light Shine

Written by Danielle Rehor

How much are we concerned with fitting in? Do we try to hide our knowledge of God in order to be more like worldly teens? There are times to not flaunt what we have been blessed with, but we should...

20 Things I Most Admire and Appreciate About God, My Father

Written by Karen Meeker

My father died decades ago, and I still miss him. But on Father’s Day I’m very grateful for my Heavenly Father and His continuing love. As a young girl, I loved the feel of my...

Father’s Day: Don’t Throw the Daddy Out With the Bathwater!

Written by Kirsten Nelte

As we approach Father’s Day in America, here are some thoughts about the importance of honoring fathers—and how to help our children do it. It’s a strange visual: With the dad...

God Wouldn’t Let That Happen to Me, Would He?

Written by Barbara Lee

I was sure that God wouldn’t let it happen to me. But I learned that I was missing a very important point. I had just had my nine-year anniversary with the company I was working for. My life...

What Does It Take to Be Happy?

Written by Barbara Lee

Is it all about the physical things? I knew it wasn’t, but what I was about to experience made it real. I don’t want much, just a place to live, a reliable car, a job that pays well...

Spartans, Shields and Spiritual Battles

Written by Thomas Moffitt

An epic battle between the Persians and the vastly outnumbered Spartans has lessons for us today. My alma mater’s sports teams are called the Spartans, and this plays a part in how they...

Finding True Love

Written by Kathlyn Mae Tiu

True love is not a feeling. It is the nature of God. “And they lived happily ever after,” goes the sweet part of the stories we loved when we were younger. Undeniably, every one of us...