Jungle Boys' Camp Three canoes glide on the dark surface of a large river; two are beautiful wood/fiberglass combinations and the third a Coleman canoe with a 6 hp outboard motor. A breeze ripples the...

Can You Find My Parents? The carefully held-in scream suddenly broke through my pinched lips and joined my sisters’ screams as we were lifted high off the ground. I...

When Are You Going to Die? Death is a part of life. It strikes near and far. Boston and China, Syria and Oklahoma. There are car crashes and cancer, farm accidents and suicide. Death is tragic, cold, and cruel. And with reason Paul writes, “The sting of death is sin.”...

Shining Castles Built of Mud Since boyhood I have enjoyed fixing things up. Well, not really fixing things because I am not a mechanic. (Yeah, I can hear some of you laughing!) I loved to buy old BMX bicycles at garage sales for $10.00, fix them up, and get them...

Grace And Truth "And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begot­ten of the Father,) full of grace and truth" (John 1:14). John the apostle saw and personally knew the Sav­iour, the only begotten of the Father....

Who Are The Qualified In God’s kingdom, there are many jobs. As God’s workers, we have different gifts and varying tasks. We may question whether we are qualified for our role. As humans, we value visible abilities from intangible ones such as “Can I preach well?” to...