Sherry Ivy: Hold on, your change is coming
Some of us have been going through some difficult trials for a while now, and we feel like there’s no end in sight. In times like these, we have to keep our trust in God and hold on, your change is coming.
Jabe Nicholson: Heart rot
My property is blessed with beautiful trees. But trees get old, like us.
Andrew McLarty: Taste and see that summer is good
Summer has a rhythm all its own. The pace slows, the light lingers, and—for many of us—there’s a gentle invitation to rest.
Sherry Ivy: Keep trusting God no matter what happens
Life has a way of presenting challenging situations. There are many moments when the road ahead seems blocked, and hope feels distant. During these times, we have to keep trusting God no matter what happens.
Jabe Nicholson: The Happening Place
If you weren’t familiar with North America, wouldn’t it be a bit disorienting to discover that North Carolina is in the south and South Dakota’s in the north? Our geography may be a curiosity, but for one country it’s a matter of life and death.
Rome gears up for Holy Year’s monumental Catholic youth rally in scorching temperatures
Half a million young people are expected to pour into Rome next week for the biggest event of the 2025 Holy Year: a weeklong Jubilee celebration for young Catholics that will sorely test their tolerance for heat and the Eternal City’s ability to provide public services, security and logistical support during its peak tourist season.
A group of Catholics revitalized a remote Arizona village before the diocese ordered them to leave
The village of Concho in the Arizona high desert is home to about 50 people — barely a dot in a sprawling, dusty landscape speckled with clumps of grass, scrub oak and juniper. Concho, about 200 miles northeast of Phoenix, has one restaurant, a Dollar General and a gas station that closes at 7 p.m.
Sherry Ivy: Don’t let the devil set you up
The devil has many tactics and schemes he will try to use against us to set us up. That’s why as Christians we have to stay fully dressed with the whole armor of God daily; so we will not fall for them.
Andrew McLarty: Reflection on Camp Bratton-Green
Last week, I returned to Columbus after directing a session at Bratton-Green, the summer camp owned and operated by the Episcopal Diocese of Mississippi located north of Canton, MS. For 78 years, Camp Bratton-Green has formed children, youth, and adults in the teachings of Christ and the way of God.
Jabe Nicholson: How’s your oughtobiography coming?
Last Saturday I headed to Jackson for a hospital visit. It was a glorious day as I traversed the verdant hills of the Mississippi countryside.
Sherry Ivy: God is able to deliver you
God is our ultimate deliverer.
Jabe Nicholson: Beautiful feet
Jaffa, biblical Joppa, sits atop a hill jutting out into the sapphire Mediterranean, Israel’s ancient seaport and historic gateway to the world.
Sherry Ivy: Prayer will change things
Prayer is one of the most powerful weapons God has given us. As Christians, when we pray in faith, we can experience the power of prayer changing things in our lives.
Jabe Nicholson: The root or the fruit?
My home in Michigan was locked in the icy grip of winter.
Sherry Ivy: The responsibilities of children to their parents
Children have a lot of responsibilities to their parents.
Jabe Nicholson: A life of purpose or a noble lie?
Some years ago, I was invited to speak at a girls’ school in the picturesque town of Enniskillen, Northern Ireland. I could tell the students were very sharp and fully engaged.
Jabe Nicholson: The better missionaries
Under a cloudless azure sky, my friend Sandy and I were sitting in a 13’ Boston Whaler. It was riding on a gentle swell in the turquoise Caribbean, far out beyond sight of land.
Sherry Ivy: The role of a Christian mother
Christian mothers play an important role in their children’s lives and these are just a few of them.
Jabe Nicholson: The scientist’s greatest discovery
I wouldn’t be surprised if my paternal grandfather had tartan blood in his veins. Scotland hardly appears on a world map, but, as he loved to tell me, Scottish influence in the world far outweighs its population or geography.
Sherry Ivy: God can do the impossible
We should never underestimate the supernatural power and ability of God because He specializes in doing the impossible in our lives.
