In a world of pain, sin, death, and separation, how do we find purpose to life? Where do we get the strength to continue on? This is the answer most callers are seeking when they contact 3ABN’s Pastoral Department.  I want to share a few texts from my friend,...

Seated toward the back of a spacious waiting room in Mayo Clinic, Shelley and I looked up simultaneously as a blurred figure buzzed by our chairs. A middle-aged woman steered her motorized wheelchair at top speed in a perfect arc around the outskirts of clustered...

The room was chilled, but Jay* was not. Singing a soft tune, his caregiver wiped his feverish brow and helped him pull the blanket aside from his bony frame. When he opened his eyes and saw us standing near his bed, the grimace of pain etched on his face faded into a...