Grief can be an uncomfortable part of life and ministry. But love is often accompanied by godly grief. Read More

When my husband, Jim, and I went to Zimbabwe, we had fellowship on the spot with a man named Bekele who explained to us painful details of his personal testimony, even though we had all just met. We were so riveted by his account of God’s forgiveness that we repented in his backyard of holding grudges against each other in our marriage. Apart from Christ, Bekele would have been to us a stranger. But in Christ he was our brother from the start. Read More

Jim Collins, famed for his book Good to Great, has a new book out called How the Mighty Fall. When I read it a few weeks ago, I couldn’t help but notice that it echoes some of the principles in I John. In I John 2:15-17, the apostle John says:

“Do not love the world, nor the things in the world ... For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the boastful pride of life—is not from the Father, but is from the world. And the world is passing away.”

Read More