Lynn Pryor

Living Faithfully Through Depression BY WARREN KINGHORN, MD, THD Joy to the world! The voices of the praise team, with a huge Christmas tree behind them and red poinsettias on every side, filled the crowded auditorium. But Beth, who sat toward the back, felt no joy. She felt hardly anything at all, other than numb […]

A Boy’s First Hero Become for your son who your Father intended you to be. by Bill Delvaux IN ALL MY YEARS GROWING UP, I have only one life-giving memory of my father. I was in the fifth or sixth grade, and during that time I experienced a recur­rent fear about him. Whenever he was […]

Are You Known for Joy? Laughter is an outburst of the goodness of God. by PHIL CALLAWAY HAVE YOU EVER COMPLAINED? At break­fast, I said to my wife, “This butter is too hard. Look what it did to my bread.” She laughed. “Life is tough,” she said. So I complained about that. Here are other […]

AFTER WYNTER Jonathan Pitts reflects on the goodness of God. BY HOLLY BASHAM IN THE SUMMER of 2018, Jonathan Pitts accepted God’s call to serve as the Exec­utive Pastor at Church of the City in Franklin, Tennessee. Jonathan, his wife Wynter, and their four daughters — Alena, Kaitlyn, and twins, Camryn and Olivia — would […]

Navigating Grief After the Death of a Spouse by DONNA MCKINNEY WHEN MY HUSBAND DIED in 2015, as the early days of churning emotions settled into new routines and patterns, I realized my life as I knew it had fundamentally changed. How to move forward in this new life filled my thoughts. Wondering if my […]

A Family on Mission Whether overseas or in your backyard, God has a plan for you. by Emma Nash My husband, Taylor, and I recently celebrated an anniversary of sorts. It was six years ago we boarded a plane with four suitcases and nervous energy to begin our life on the southern tip of Africa. […]