Spiritual Life Archives

Contrary to what the advertisers say, breaking free of consumerism won't give you a smaller life; it will give you a larger vision of how to become...

The ancient muses, it was thought, helped create works of art and literature. But the God in whom I believe is about creating certain kinds of...

Oh, he's watching. Waiting for you to screw up so you will get coal instead of a bicycle. You had better please him...

In The Shelter of God's Promises, Sheila Walsh searches Scripture for what God has promised us, what God's promises mean, and how encounters with...

Too many sad and discouraged churchgoers feel like they belong on the Island of Misfit Toys. That is not how God views us.

One Christmas many years ago, our children taught me an important lesson about the power of identifying and meeting a need in the lives of...

What can you give this Christmas? Before you answer, you might want to read about the real-life Secret Santa...

Before you object, think it through. Jesus isn’t right now hungry, is he? He isn’t naked, is he? He isn’t thirsty, is he? He isn’t in jail, is he?...

We only have one "Devotional of the Day" spot, after all, and that's just not enough space...

Gratitude is spiritual warfare. We tend to adjust to the level of happiness or prosperity we have. We grow to expect it, to not even notice it. And...

Every year I attempt to answer this question for a lecture hall filled with high school seniors who are more interested in reading text messages...

If you’re suffering and you’re angry, bitter, and joyless it means you’ve idolized–and felt entitled to–whatever it is you’re losing. Entitlement...

Here's how to use the Beatitudes this year to be a distinct blessing to yourself and your family when you meet with them over the holidays.

Sometimes we Christians seem as bad at handling others' failures as we are at overcoming our own. No doubt these two things are related. Scripture...

Christianity honors the life of the mind, not because it celebrates the power of human intellect, but because Christ himself instructed Christians...