Podcast Episodes

Classes in Contentment

Paul knew repeated hardship yet learned to be ever content. I often questioned how. Until that day in the den ...

On this particular visit, I found …

1 year, 5 months ago

Troubled?

Yesterday a friend said she was down in the dumps. That’s one way the Psalmist describes the emotional state of being “cast down.” Sara was disappoi…

1 year, 5 months ago

What Did You Expect?

Have you ever noticed that when we let things go — our worries, wants, fears — we end up being happier? What did we expect? The Creator knows His cr…

1 year, 5 months ago

Hope in the Guide

Our family loved hiking on mountain trails. Estimating our time and energy, we’d often walk without a destination until it was time to turn back. We…

1 year, 5 months ago

Rescued

With age, we gain history. Fewer Americans recall the sacrifices of World War II. Young people under age 25 did not experience September 11, 2001.

P…

1 year, 5 months ago

Our Blessed Inheritance

Many of us have had the experience of knowing families who got along with each other very well and had great sibling relationships. Yet when the pat…

1 year, 5 months ago

It’s Spring Again

We are finally done with winter in Wisconsin (I hope). The birds are singing and the flowers are blooming. As I breath the fresh spring air, I feel …

1 year, 5 months ago

Grateful Instead of Grumbly

I fussed at my husband the other day for forgetting to pick up a prescription from the pharmacy. “You’re right,” he said. “I did forget. But did you…

1 year, 5 months ago

Come Boldly!

I pour another cup of tea and sit down to meet with God. Paging through a sheaf of prayer calendars from various missions and ministries, I lift tho…

1 year, 6 months ago

Unfading Hope

ENGLAND — April 28, 1789 — 236 years ago today. Captain William Bligh was set adrift on the open sea by mutineers to begin a 47-day, 3,600-mile trip…

1 year, 6 months ago