One Counterintuitive Way to Grow in Contentment
A few weeks ago, Bruce Main, while preaching at our church, told about a man who phoned him up asking if his organization could use a volunteer. Bruce asked what…
The Unexpected Good News in Advent’s Groaning
“It’s the time of year when everything gets a glow-up: the candles come out, the twinkly lights go up, we deck our ordinary lives with tinsel and sparkle and evergreen.…
When You Ache for Those You Love
17 years, 4 months, and 26 days ago, I first stepped out of a four-seater plane onto the packed dirt airstrip high in the mountains of Afghanistan near the little…