Do you know that more of us go to church during Easter than any other time of the year? At Christmas we go because of our families, but at Easter we go for ourselves. Why? Because we need to be touched by the meaning of Easter: that life comes out of death, meaning and purpose out of chaos, and light…
In 1987 I was about to fly to Frankfurt, Germany and visit my brother and his wife when a friend called and said, “You need to call Dr. Lechler, and tell him you want to visit his clinic and take him out to dinner.” Do you know how difficult that was? Who was I to call a German psychiatrist, the…
Illness, loss, or failures can often engulf us if we let them. They can overtake our lives and give us a victim or invalid consciousness. But the Bible tells us that Jesus has won the victory and made it available to us. Because of Jesus Christ, we can break free from the inner darkness that tries to take us down,…
Over 250 Faith Leaders across the nation are asking us to set aside next Sunday, June 2, as a special day of prayer for our President: “We the undersigned are calling for June 2 to be a special Day of Prayer for the President of the United States, Donald J. Trump, that God would protect, strengthen, embolden, and direct him.…
Memorial Day is just around the corner. We Americans will make our annual pilgrimage to cemeteries, grave sites, and monuments, carrying brightly colored flowers, waving flags, and wearing red poppies. The roots of Memorial Day are in the Civil War. In 1864, women from Boalsburg, Pennsylvania, put flowers on the graves of their dead from the just-fought bloody Battle of…
Some years ago I realized I was holding unforgiveness against my mother. Her sin? Failing to call me by my name and see me as an individual, separate from her. Most of the time she’d call me by my younger sister’s name. This bothered me, even though I also do it to my children. A few hours before she died,…
Most of us still believe there is a God, a Higher Power—in spite of the secularization of our society. According to Pew Research more than three-fourths (77%) of Americans identify with some organized religion. But the question is: Why do we believe in God? And what do we want from Him? One thing the Bible makes clear: God wants to…
One way God speaks to me is through dreams. Last year I dreamed that someone was placing peace on or in my left chest. I said, “Oh good, now I can go to it and feel it whenever I need it.” Last week I dreamed someone was saying to me: “Give it time.” After some reflection, I knew the areas…
We live in a culture in decay, losing faith in God and discarding His ways. This faith has been the force behind our American character! We inherited a national tradition that is ultimately spiritual in origin—faith in God, in ourselves, in our nation, and in our future (Stuart Miller, Understanding Europeans). It was faith that carried us to national greatness.…
We just celebrated the birth of Jesus Christ, and now it is time to say goodbye to 2018 and hello to 2019. But the question is: What old baggage are you dragging with you into the New Year? What regrets, mistakes, failures, hurts, or losses do you need to say goodbye to, let go of, so you can embrace the…