Spiritual Life Archives

We live in a world where the amount of information available to us is unprecedented. Everywhere we turn, we hear voices calling us to follow them....

Christmas can be a time of great pain. The marked joy the season is supposed to represent can serve as a stark contrast to the pain reality may...

In Stormie Omartian’s joyous tribute to the birth of Jesus, the events surrounding a baby born long ago in a stable come to life as a Christmas...

As Christmas approaches I can't help marveling at all the miraculous changes in my life over the last decade-and-a-half or so. God has truly...

During this Christmas season, Christians around the world wait, looking upward, ready to welcome God Incarnate, our Abba, into our hearts,...

Poverty. Voodoo. Political turmoil. AIDS - Haiti's problems are indeed vast. But thanks to ministries like New Directions International, words like...

Do you choose Jesus? If so, how will you celebrate the season we have set aside to remember His birth? Will you fret and worry over purchase...

Searching for the ideal gifts can be frustrating. If we're not careful, the hot pursuit of gift buying can hinder us from celebrating and enjoying...

To many in the United States, Christmas lights brighten the dreariness of the winter months. To some they even serve as a reminder of the light in...

God loves to spread the fame of His name! And he delights in doing it through ordinary people -- if they're available to Him.

During the worst of last summer's hurricane onslaught, a savvy photographer captured a picture of a storm-ravaged roadway with a tattered billboard...

"You don't know what it was like having to live with such a marvelous secret for 30 years. You don't know what it was like to hear the other...

Ah, the Holy Land….my favorite place in the whole wide world. I believe all Christians should make a pilgrimage there, but I’m realistic enough to...

I try to help younger leaders grow through the adverse circumstances of life to become more effective in their work for the Lord and to become even...

Cut from construction paper and tied with yarn, the paper angels of Prison Fellowship’s Angel Tree project are the humblest of holiday decorations....