I woke up early today, excited over all I get to do before the clock strikes midnight. I have responsibilities to fulfill today. My job is to choose what kind of day I am going to have. Today I can complain because the weather is rainy or...I can be thankful that the grass is getting watered for free. Today I can feel sad that I don't have...

"Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men." (Colossians 3:23) I had spent much of the week cleaning. It was very hot. We were having the group of people over for a barbecue. Because of the heat, it seemed better to serve the food in the garage rather than on the hot sundeck. So I washed down the walls,...

"So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom" (Psalm 90:12). This past week my husband met with a life insurance agent because in just five years our life insurance runs out. Life insurance is like car insurance - you buy it to provide financially for your family should you meet an early death. But if you don’t meet...

Jesus said, "I came to seek and to save the lost." He had a clear purpose. He never wavered from what God had sent him to do.  What is God’s dream for you?  Have you asked Him about it?  Are you following His plan? Helen Keller said,"Is there anything worse then being blind? Yes! The most pathetic person in the whole world is someone who...

As my family sat down for dinner, I lit the first candle on our advent wreath. My young children, Lauren and Jared, smiled with Christmas anticipation, but I lacked the energy to smile back. Memories of past Christmases haunted me. My six-figure income had purchased material happiness, something I thought we needed and deserved. My wife Tonya...

Last year, residents of Wenden, Arizona got the shock of their lives...TWICE. Wenden is just a little bump in the desert. Most of the people who call it home live in either trailers or RVs. One typically arid day, while Wendenites went about their business, rain pounded against a mountain twenty miles away. The deluge formed a flash flood that snaked...

Tiding people over in a time of need After serving as receptionist at the Aldergrove Food Bank in Aldergrove, British Columbia for the past seven years, Pamela Hanon has seen all sorts of people walk through the door, anyone and everyone who has fallen on hard times. The experience has taught her some valuable lessons about life, most notably...