Lynn Pryor

Mountains and Valleys BY JEN SCHMIDT God is with us in joy and sadness. My weekend encapsulated one of those magical moments that little girls dream about their whole lives — their wedding day. With her faithful father by her side, my niece floated down the venue stairs. Robed in white, her shimmering eyes sparkled […]

Sheltered in His Sovereignty When we wait humbly on God’s will, we can rest assured in His mercy and power. by LEE ECLOV WHEN I WAS A KID, the Christmas season didn’t begin the day after Thanksgiving nor with the first Sunday in Advent. The countdown to Christmas always began with the arrival of the […]

What Christmas Emblazons on Our Hearts by ROBERT J. MORGAN LAST YEAR IN ASIA, I met a young man from an oppressive communist nation. His smile was like sunshine, and we became fast friends. Tuan’s arm bore a tattoo in Asian letters, which I asked about.1 He explained he’d grown up with haunting emptiness. As […]

God’s Unlikely Messengers Why were the shepherds, of all people, the first to know on Christmas night? by Daniel Darling I’LL NEVER FORGET THE FIRST TIME I saw a lamb. Unlike the cuddly stuffed animals I grew accustomed to as a kid or the quirky and cute figures from my Sunday School flannel graph, sheep […]

EXTRA! uploads on Mondays by 1:00 p.m. How to Avoid Life’s Pitfalls Session 2 will post January 18 (due to MLK holiday).. How to Avoid Life’s Pitfalls Session 3 will post January 24. How to Avoid Life’s Pitfalls Session 4 will post January 31. How to Avoid Life’s Pitfalls Session 5 will post February 7. […]

God With Us There is great joy in simple faithfulness. by Erin Franklin I WOULDN’T NECESSARILY say I grew up in a “musical” family, but that didn’t stop us from always having music in our home, even if that simply meant someone was whistling, piano-playing, humming, or singing as he or she went about the […]