All He Did Was Play Video Games

If you’ve ever felt like you’re the only one carrying your family, Maggie can relate. “Even though I asked Christian to help me with the kids,” she says, “he didn’t respond. He just kept doing his own stuff. Trying to do everything, juggling work and taking care of the kids and home I was overwhelmed.” Christian explains, “I wanted...

Zach Sobiech's Hope Beyond The Clouds

YouTube sensation Zach Sobiech has a message for us all, “You don’t have to find out you’re dying to start living.” That’s true, but the problem is that it often takes a tragedy to shock us into realizing how incredible life really is and that each moment is worth living to the fullest. It feels backwards, but in life, unimaginable pain...

I have a friend. I haven’t seen her for a while now. She tends to come and go as she pleases. Every so often, she will drop in, stay a while and leave when she thinks she’s kept me company for long enough. Whenever she’s around, my days need to be re-organized. Hers is a quiet sort of demanding. Most people don’t understand her. If I’m...

Why Should I Trust the Bible?

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzZnW7r5Ygk] There is no doubt that the Bible tells some of the greatest stories of all time. There are countless stories: like the one about a great flood, a shepherd boy beheading a giant, a man impaled on a cross, and another about an empty grave. The battles are fierce and the songs are captivating. But,...

A Mother's Worst Nightmare

Twelve days after celebrating her son Jordan’s wedding, Shirley Thiessen got the phone call every parent dreads. Her son, just 23 years old, had died in a workplace accident. Hours before the phone call that changed her life, Shirley purchased a beautiful black dress. Shirley said, “To think that the God of the universe would take care of...

Exactly 5 years ago I asked Olive to marry me. Rather than popping the question with a diamond ring, I planned to propose to her with a goat. It wasn’t a pet goat for her to keep in the yard and take for walks; it was a goat to give away to a family in need. It was what she wanted, and it’s one of the reasons I wanted to spend the rest of

A Good God in a Dark World

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOpGTazwaEo] If God is loving and good, then why did my mom die of cancer? Perhaps you or someone you know is going through tremendous suffering -- poverty, unemployment, or a sudden death in the family. Suffering comes in varied forms, but every single person in the world has endured it. How do you reconcile...