Daily Devotional John 11: 1-46 Do you long to be heard? From the moment we are born, we want someone to answer our cries and meet our...

Daily Devotional John 8: 1-11 Hester Prynne in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter wore a red “A” for most of her adult life as...

Daily Devotional Luke 10: 38-42 Often one of our children (ages 11 and 14) still complains that he or she is being treated differently....

Daily Devotional Matthew 15: 21-28 In every country, every nation, and maybe even in your town, there are places most people avoid. The...

Daily Devotional Matthew 14: 13-21 In one week, all four members of our family became sick. As hard as I tried to keep all the balls in...

Daily Devotional Matthew 14: 1-12 In today’s world, the Christian commitment to holiness runs counter to cultural trends. Politicians,...

Daily Devotional Mark 5: 21-43 One of my favorite writing professors always said, “Sometimes in order to tell one story well, you need...

Daily Devotional Mark 3: 20-35 As a college professor, I’ve witnessed many tearful “good-byes” between parents and their children. Most...

Daily Devotional Luke 7: 11-17 Have you noticed through this study how much Jesus cared for women? Time and again, He met them...

Daily Devotional Mark 1: 14-34 It seems that almost every day we hear of a loved one who has been stricken by illness or disease. Maybe...

Daily Devotional John 4: 7-42 We all wear labels—labels related to our relationships, our occupations, our hobbies, our virtues, even...

Daily Devotional John 2: 1-12 Several years ago, I studied the biblical record of Mary from beginning to end. I looked at every passage...

Daily Devotional Luke 2: 41-52 When boys reach adolescence, they feel a growing need to assert their autonomy. As they drive toward...

Daily Devotional Luke 2: 36-40 My mother-in-law, a widow who lives in England, loves Jesus more than anyone else I know. Not long ago,...

Daily Devotional Luke 2: 1-35 No first-time parent, no matter how many books they’ve read, will feel fully prepared for all the changes...

Daily Devotional Luke 1: 57-80 Our son’s adoption process involved a three-year trek through the foster care system. Our daughter’s...

Daily Devotional Luke 1: 39-56 When I graduated from college, I moved to the Chicago area to begin my grown-up life. Alone in a new...

Daily Devotional Luke 1: 26-38 Has God ever called you to do something for which you felt utterly unprepared? That is what happened to...

Daily Devotional Luke 1: 5-25 Elizabeth. Mary. The Samaritan Woman. Lydia. Martha. Priscilla. Each of these women encountered Jesus in a...

Daily Devotional 3 John 9-14 Early in the novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë, Jane is sent to Lowood School, a charitable institution...