Faith in Dark Times
When I was a kid, my family stopped at Mammoth Caves on the way home from visiting relatives. One of the most startling things about such a massive network of caves is how easily you could live in the forests above, never realizing they were there. When we took a tour, one minute, we were […]
Surviving Spiritual Valleys
When was the last time you had a mountaintop experience? Living in Colorado, I am blessed with the opportunity to hike and/or drive through a variety of mountains, which we affectionately call 14ers. A 14er is simply a mountain whose peak exceeds 14,000 feet. Hiking these mountains comes with its fair share of obstacles but […]
How to Make a Difference Starting with You: Be an Ambassador.
“Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ’s behalf, be reconciled to God.” (2 Cor. 5:20, NKJV) In the last month in the US, the country has experienced multiple mass shootings, including one in Uvalde, Texas, which is the second worst school shooting in […]
Uncertainty: Just What We Should Expect
Uncertainty isn’t the same as unfaithfulness. Far from it! You are going to face tough questions about your faith. And even though you can find solid evidence for your faith, you aren’t going to find certainty. But is that really a problem? Deuteronomy 29:29 tells us, “The secret things belong to the Lord our God, […]
Grace in a Single Set of Clothes
Stephen is senior pastor of Trinity Worship Tabernacle, a non-denominational church in Nakuru, Kenya. His story is full of examples of trials giving way to triumph. Here, Stephen narrates his upbringing in which he was separated from his family because of his father’s illness and brought up in the home of an alcoholic and abusive […]
