Hope in the Midst of Hardship
For more than ten years, I’ve talked with Alan* on a regular basis. Disabled since childhood, he’s spent most of his 40 years confined to a bed. Yet from the very beginning, his spirit struck me as unusually sweet—resilient, hopeful, and remarkably free of self-pity....
All “Growed Up”
“But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be [a]perfect and complete, lacking nothing.” James 1:4 I just celebrated another birthday, and that always gets me thinking about growing older. But not this year. For some reason, this year I thought about...
Spiritual Autophagy
Necrotizing fasciitis is known as a deadly human flesh-eating disease. It is caused by a bacterial infection of the fascia under the skin, producing toxins that destroy tissues. Sounds scary, I agree. The literal meaning of autophagy is self-eating—auto means self,...