This Christmas Day

I pray a prayer this Christmas Day From deep within my heart. Peace on earth goodwill to men May wars all end, never start. I forgive someone this Christmas Day It’s something I must do. Since You forgave me of my sins Then I forgive others, too. I give a gift this...

The Way Home

Elizabeth Cochrane left New York to prove a point. She was a 25-year-old journalist. It was 1889. It was not the only time she set out to change perceptions about what women could do. This time, her plan was to travel around the world in less than 80 days. And yes,...

Why Christmas?

“To ask the right question,” said Psychiatrist Carl Jung, “is already half the solution to a problem.” People often ask a “why” question to solve a problem. Apparently, a certain young lady thought I was a problem. I was serving in a major disaster area. At a...

Extremes of Christmas

A simple shoebox, filled by a loving heart, travels around the world as a Christmas gift to a needy child. To participate in such an enterprise is to see firsthand the meeting of two extremes – great poverty and great love. Operation Christmas Child, a ministry of...

The Thankful Witness

Whittaker Chambers was a household name in post-WWII America. He testified against fellow communist, Alger Hiss, in the “spy trial of the century” (1950). Despite his brush with infamy, he had reasons to be thankful. Thankfulness is not easy. It takes humility to...