These days families are so busy that it’s easy to overlook one of the important events of the day—the family meal. Things get in the way, like job responsibilities, your kids’ involvement in extra-curricular activities, a blaring television or mobile phone text messages. Family meal times should ...
When Makaela Smith prepared to begin her eighth grade year at Garden Spot Middle School in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, she had more than just academics and cheerleading on her mind. Smith was determined to make a difference in the world around her. Smith felt compelled to help people in her c...
By six o’clock Sunday morning, volunteers from The Bridge Foundation are set up and ready to serve sack lunches and drinks in downtown Phoenix. Madison and 12th Avenue is a gathering spot for those without a home or place to sleep, and a place where they can find a meal and perhaps a friend or tw...
Roxas City, Philippines – On the hillside of Barangay Siempreviva, a coastal community located in the province of Iloilo, sits a crude concrete house. When Super Typhoon Haiyan swallowed most of the houses built along the coast only a couple meters down the hill, it also damaged Luz’s home. But ...
Many have had the “great” experience of driving in your car when, suddenly, behind you blue and red light flash, and then the sound of a siren fills your ears. You pull over, an officer approaches and, after a few minutes, you are the proud owner of a ticket for a traffic violation, which, of co...
New edition emphasizes women of faith, offers study materials for personal evangelism