A man is as big as the things that make him angry. ~ Winston Churchill, British prime ministerAs she walked the slums of Nansana, Uganda, Shana Gilbert couldn’t hold back ...
One month into his Senior year, my son Zach was in a good place emotionally; he had figured out a routine that worked for him, and had gained some measure ...
When my children were young, I would often prescribe a timeout whenever they misbehaved. This relatively mild form of discipline was frequently met with a dramatic show of resistance — ...
Editor’s Note: Fawn Weaver grew tired of the negative portrayals of marriage on the news, talk radio, and reality TV, so she launched the blog HappyWivesClub.com and trekked across the ...
I tell my son, Christian, many things; but one of the most important things I tell him, I repeat over and over: “The bigger the mess, the faster you run ...
For God was pleased to have all His fullness dwell in Him, and through Him to reconcile to Himself all things. – Colossians 1:19-20The wrinkled man in the wheelchair with ...
I don’t know another way to say this, so I’ll just shoot straight.Sometimes God hurts my feelings.Now, hear me out. I don’t mean this in an irreverent way. I very ...
And on that day they offered great sacrifices, rejoicing because God had given them great joy. The women and children also rejoiced. The sound of rejoicing in Jerusalem could be ...
Grow in FAITH Together ~ Share God’s LOVEAfter many months of dreaming, planning, and preparing, we are thrilled to introduce you to Faith.Full, the new newsletter for the FaithGateway community ...
When I was a kid I remember seeing the movie Jerry Maguire. There is a famous scene in the movie in which Jerry Maguire tells Dorothy Boyd that she completes ...
Homiletics class at Bible Institute — the required and dreaded course which cruelly exposed one’s speaking flaws and then (hopefully) honed one’s preaching skills — was barreling toward me like ...
We take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. — 2 Corinthians 10:5Thought for the Day: Our Lord doesn’t whisper shameful condemnations.Have you ever been in a situation ...
“And your daddy isn’t going to live with us anymore.”“Why not?” I asked again, choking back the tears. I just could not accept the strange finality of my mother’s words. ...
Let’s be real. Watching your kids navigate their way through life can be incredibly painful. Sometimes our kids face things that are even out of their control. As moms we ...
Aaron, Henry, and I came back to our house in Grand Rapids at the end of August. Sometime during the summer, in a process so gradual it could almost be ...