In his book, Deep-Rooted in Christ, Joshua Kang wrote, “The abundant life comes when we live a life of mission; a life that serves others has meaning and purpose.” Kang encourages us to reflect on our lives and evaluate them based not on their length, or by how face-paced they are, but by their content. […]
Today, I am deeply grateful for those of you who have supported the Dial Hope Foundation with a financial donation. So many people benefit from your giving! Francis de Sales was one of the most revered saints of French history. Back in his day, there was a bishop who intended to write a biography of […]
I have heard that former Boston Red Sox Hall-of-Fame third baseman Wade Boggs hated Yankee Stadium. Not because of the Yankees; but because of one particular Yankee’s fan. This man had a box seat close to the field, and whenever the Red Sox were in town, he would shout obscenities and insults at Boggs. It’s […]
Today I want to share a quote on prayer from renowned Russian author, Feodor Dostoevsky. He wrote, “Be not forgetful of prayer. Every time you pray, if your prayer is sincere, there will be new feeling and new meaning in it; which will give you fresh courage, and you will understand that prayer is an […]
Sometime back I heard a woman speak about a trying time in her life – years when everything seemed to fall apart. During that time she lost a husband and a job. Through all of this, she hung on to a promise in the book of Joel, where after a terrible drought and plague God […]
I remember hearing about two different visitors to a particular church on the same Sunday. Both had a similar experience. No one spoke to either one of them, and both left with the feeling that it was an unfriendly congregation. The first visitor decided that he would go back one more time, but resolved that […]
I remember sometime back riding in the car with my friend Hunter and we passed by a large cemetery. Hunter asked me, “So, how many dead do you suppose are in this place.” “I don’t know,” I replied. He said, “How about all of them!” We laughed hard, but underneath the lightness, his joke was […]
Mark Twain once said, “The rain is famous for falling on the just and unjust alike, but if I had the management of such affairs, I would rain softly and sweetly on the just, but if I caught a sample of the unjust outdoors, I would drown him.” I think most of us can relate! […]
Let me say how grateful we are to those who make gifts that enable this ministry to touch so many. Your generous support is a real Godsend. There is a funny story about Adam and Eve. Adam stayed out late one night in the garden of Eden. When he got home, Eve was really upset. […]
The much beloved hymn, Fairest Lord Jesus, is was written sometime in the mid-sixteen hundreds by an anonymous author. It first appeared in a Jesuit hymnbook in 1677. Whoever wrote this beautiful hymn obviously had a deep devotional life. A life that focuses on the beauty of Christ, is a life put in perspective. A […]
