Articles

A Boomer’s LAMENT How we relate to the next generations has timeless consequences. by KERRY NATIONS I HAVE A HEART FOR YOUNG ADULTS and emerging adults — Millennials and what we are currently calling Generation Z. In full disclosure, there’s good reason for it. I’m the father, father-in-law, uncle, and uncle-in-law of seven Millennial young […]

Keeping It Real Blessings from a birth mother allow me to be a mom. by Allison Dellinger WELL, IT HAPPENED — right in the middle of the Fuzzy’s Taco Shop restroom. I was com­pletely caught off guard. I had been waiting for this moment for five years; but in all honesty, I thought I had […]

The Prayer Cup It sat on the edge of his desk, but their hearts centered around it. by JIM DUNBAR FOR SOME YEARS, I POSTED notes around my office computer monitor. The notes contained the names of family and friends whom I wanted to remember and pray for during my workday. I didn’t surround the […]

HE IS WITH YOU by Jennifer Rothschild IT WAS A TRENDY RESTAURANT with birdcages hung across the ceiling and old church pews for seats. The menu was eclectic — have you ever eaten a brussel sprout goat cheese pizza? And the com­pany? Well, I was with my husband, Phil, so I loved the place — […]

All Tied Up! Colin Smith   Using your resources wisely is a matter of discipleship. FAMILY IS A GIFT, but it can also feel like a liability, especially when it comes to money. A needy relative can drain your funds quickly, and it often isn’t easy to know where your responsibility begins and where it […]

Love-Hate Relationship BY MICHAEL KELLEY Three ways to apply Christ’s instruction to “hate” your family even as you love them. There is a particularly troubling command from Jesus recorded for us in Luke 14:25-27: “Now great crowds were traveling with him. So he turned and said to them: ‘If anyone comes to me and does […]