It's taken some time, but I think my husband and I are finally on the same page when it comes to adding events to the calendar app....

“Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! And see if there be any grievous way in me, and lead me in the way...

Whether you're looking for gifts or are planning your reading for 2024, I hope you'll find something of interest in this list of...

"The holiday season with its crowds and festivities moves at warp speed. I have to rush just to keep up. But Advent asks us to...

Have you ever been asked to volunteer for something in your local church community? How did you respond? Whether it’s helping in sunday...

The pile rises like a Jenga tower on a teetering trolley, books mixed up from the public library, the church library and my own. Then, I...

What strategies do you use when your bible reading feels stagnant? I’m well into the prophets for my yearly bible reading plan and I...

Along the dusty roads of our village in East Africa, most families try to survive on less than $1 a day. Buckets of water traveled to...

The mass of tulip bulbs in my garden bucket are all brown, covered in dirt. You can't tell from these what color the flower will bloom....

Writing reviews is an enjoyable (somewhat nerdy) pursuit, but I really hope you're able to discover something new and discern what would...

You don’t often see them in church, or at the weekly bible study. They miss out on the regular church events and slowly they drift out of...

One summer we were camping and took our kids on a hike through the sand dunes at the provincial park. Of course, the day happened to be...

“How do Christians grow? The question itself immediately elicits different feelings among us. Some of us feel guilt. We’re not growing,...

Do we really need to memorize God’s Word? We no longer have to memorize phone numbers, because they’re conveniently stored on the device...

“The sun rises, and the sun goes down, and hastens to the place where it rises.” (Ecc. 1:5) Time. It’s a finite resource. We don’t get...

Appetites change. When my kids are in the midst of a growth spurt, they out-eat me at mealtimes and constantly hunt for food; their...

In the movie, Jingle All the Way, two dads have promised their sons a superhero action figure for Christmas, but discover (when they...

“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies . . . The man who never reads lives only one.” - George R.R. Martin This summer's reading...

Hey! My name is Amber and I'm a theologian. I'm not a scholar, a professor or a pastor. I am, however, a follower of Christ, a wife, a...

Not all work is glamorous. It's work after all. I've hoed beet fields - leaving blisters on my hands, picked at the conveyer belt on our...