Personal desire clashing with God’s plan for us is something that I’m sure everyone has struggled with at one time or another ...

From the very beginning of the Bible, there is a spiritual conflict unfolding behind the scenes. On one side is God’s plan to bring life, hope, and redemption to humanity. On the other side, there is ...

We have all heard the Yiddish proverb “We plan, God laughs” (Mann traoch, Gott lŠuch), and every time we see on it on a bumper sticker, we laugh too because we know it is true. We all have plans. With ...

This feature is only available to members. Join now for full online access. In the summer of 1994, I had a most unusual job. I served as an assistant at a funeral home in northeast Tennessee. My ...

How community helps us discern our callings. When the Emmy Awards honored Fred Rogers with a Lifetime Achievement Award in 1997, he did something that took everyone in the room off guard. The beloved ...

After 25 years of marriage, Dan and Danielle Bean were confident that they should not be writing a marriage manual. The messiness of married life and raising eight children sometimes contradicted ...