A Sound Mind
As a player for the San Francisco Giants baseball team, Drew Robinson knew mental highs and lows. Whenever injuries demoted him to the Giant...
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20 of 197 episodesSlow, Patient Growth in God
A saguaro cactus is never in a hurry to grow. Flourishing amid some of the most barren desert climates in the world, the plant slowly takes...
The Holy Spirit’s Work
When Oswald Chambers, author of My Utmost for His Highest, ran a small Bible college, he learned that a couple who worked there was stealing...
Longing For Jesus’ Return
When I was young, I loved going to Chick-fil-A, a US-based fast-food restaurant, for waffle fries and sweet tea. When, as an adult, I moved...
David’s Deliverance
In the semifinals of his high school wrestling tournament, Dave cracked a rib on his right side. He won the match but wondered how he’d surv...
True Treasure
James threw a long rope with a powerful magnet tied to it into the waters of a New York lake. The “magnet fisher” was stunned when he pulled...
In the Stillness
When I was a kid and got up in the middle of the night, I often found Mom sitting in her chair in the living room. The glow of the table lam...
Compassionate Understanding
My father-in-law was a gunner in a bomber over Europe during World War II. His plane was shot down and he was captured, spending several mon...
Goals Aligned with God
After getting fired from his job without prior notice, Wil became so depressed that he admitted himself into an inpatient mental health faci...
Gentle Answers with God’s Help
“Close it up. I’ve seen enough.” Those were the words of an older, experienced beekeeper to me one afternoon when I was learning how to tend...
Not Ritual but Christ
In Santa Fe, New Mexico, thousands gather each year to burn Zozobra—a fifty-foot towering effigy stuffed with their worries, bills, and regr...
Listening to God
In a TED Talk, Celeste Headlee outlines “10 Ways to Have a Better Conversation.” One of those might appear to be counterintuitive: In order...
Accepted by God
He was the doctor who never turned away a patient—even if some couldn’t pay him and even though he himself had experienced rejection from so...
Pray for Them
The movie Sully depicts the heroic landing of a stalled passenger plane on New York’s Hudson River. As Captain “Sully” strode off the rescue...
Gifts Repurposed by God
Captain Tim Mullane diligently worked at sinking the SS United States—a massive ocean liner. In fact, he was paid to send it down to the dep...
Acts of Devotion
Like all early departures from this life, Joe’s death shocked those who knew him. Just before he died, he’d begun making poor decisions. Now...
Words from Friends
As I sat in a Bible class at the age of twenty-six, I was baffled. Some of my classmates’ comments were discouraging. They seemed to have so...
Comfort Amidst Tears
The call from my mother came around 9 p.m. “It’s about your dad,” she said.
The Warmhearted Church
When I was a child, I gladly accompanied my family to church every Sunday morning and evening. Our pastor exuded joy and always included the...
The Heart of the Matter
On a teaching trip to Moscow, I decided to take the subway to get lunch. Standing in the subway car, I started whistling simply because I fe...