Spiritual Life Archives

Teaching your children to be grateful for the blessings in their lives is an important lesson for all ages. Chances are, you sometimes need the...

I would never have anything to do with any book or any movement or any religion or any emphasis that does not begin with Christ, go out from...

The holiday season often ushers in feelings of loneliness and disconnection more than joyful belonging. So many of us look around the holiday table...

To understand Muslims better, you have to understand their worldview or system of beliefs.

In some ways, giving up hymns is like giving up part of our history. But at the same time, there are some hymns that I wish would be given up!

As we enter this thanksgiving season, I am overwhelmed with gratitude for my trials. I am beyond thankful for the pain and suffering that I have...

Grief is hard work. If your heart is broken today, I pray you will lean into the pain, crawl up into the lap of our God, and pour out your heart.

Joy can be found in strange places. Joy loves the presence of a serving heart.

As you move into this Holiday season, structure your praise and thanksgiving around how God has worked in the past, what He is doing in the present...

Is it wrong to jump and dance during worship? Is it wrong to spin circles? Investigate this idea.

As we head into the Christmas season, here are some things Christians should consider before fretting about the "War on Christmas" or complaining...

No matter what the headlines say or the cruel plots of terrorists today, evil will not win. For Christ holds the ultimate victory over sin and...

The Thanksgiving feast stands as a reminder that scarcity and hunger will not last forever -- but that abundance and good taste will.

Pray like Jesus. Jesus prayed wild, strong and powerful prayers that changed the course of lives, feelings and outcomes. Learn to pray how Jesus...

And the reason grace is the secret of the universe is because it brings to creation the very thing that creation has been craving since everything...