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Wait for the Ending What will you call your loss? by NICKI KOZIARZ WHAT WILL IT TAKE for you at the end of your life to be able to say, “It is well with my soul”? I’ve been thinking about those words from that old hymn a lot lately. Because a few months ago, at […]

Vetted: Nathan Sheridan One singer’s unlikely path to music winds through service to his country. by Lindsay Williams MAKE A DIFFERENCE. Isn’t that what we all want to do? That’s why singer, song­writer, and worship leader Nathan Sheridan joined the National Guard. “I wanted to do something to make a dif­ference,” he says. “I wanted […]

Poet, writer, rapper, and teacher, Jackie Hill Perry, opens up about marriage, mother­hood, and ministry. Words to Live By by HOLLY BASHAM JACKIE HILL PERRY has a way with words, and people can’t stop listening. In the last six months, this gifted poet, rapper, writer, and teacher has launched her second hip hop album, released […]

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 […]