
Encouraging Words – It’s Hard – But Powerful – To Forgive
By Daniel Bobinski Let’s be honest. When you’ve been deeply hurt, slandered, or treated unjustly by someone, the last thing

By Daniel Bobinski Let’s be honest. When you’ve been deeply hurt, slandered, or treated unjustly by someone, the last thing

By Joan Endicott On the first day of a marriage retreat, the speaker emphasized the importance of knowing what matters

By Rosie Main The human heart is a remarkable organ, tirelessly pumping life through our veins. However, in today’s fast-paced

By Dr. Rick Chromey America the beautiful…and heroic. In 19th-century schoolhouses, children learned our nation’s history through tales of heroes

Rachelle Nelson is the author of young adult fiction that is imaginative and fun while still being appropriate for Christian

By Bethany Riehl (Editor’s note: Below is a fictionalized account of a familiar story from the New Testament, specifically from

By Tom Claycomb III I recently had a unique hunt. Charles Allen, owner of Knives of Alaska, called and invited

By Ryan De Amicis Ninety-six percent of adults admit they have an internal dialogue. But only one quarter of these

By Janet Thompson While I was finishing the first of three fish tacos on my plate, my friend was polishing

By Vincent Kituku There are times when living is not easy, especially after the unexpected death of a loved one.

By Bradley Shotts Recently, I was reading a Facebook post that asked this question, “What do you struggle with the

By Greg Grotewold If you walk in my statutes and observe my commandments and do them, then I will give

After Giants’ relief pitcher Gary Lavelle became a born-again Christian in the winter of 1976, other players followed, including pitcher

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Guest Chef Branden, from St. Luke’s Health System in Nampa, taught Life’s Kitchen trainees how to make chicken marsala. Life’s

Guna, at right, lived in an orphange in India as a child. He was exposed to Christianity during his time

By Sandy Jones And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him,

By Gaye Bunderson Shawn White serves as the Specialized Recruitment Services Administrator for Idaho Wednesday’s Child, an organization through Eastern

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By Gary Moore Some people think I’m a relatively smart person. I do hold a graduate degree with honors. But

By Daniel Bobinski Editor’s note: This column introduces a new topic by its author: Encouraging Words. The new year has

By Leo Hellyer Well, here we are. The momentous year of 2025 is upon us. As we embark on this

By Larry Banta “This will absolutely change your life…” How many times have you heard that promise on the TV

By Bethany Riehl Are you a New Year’s resolutions maker? How about a New Year’s resolutions keeper, which is drastically

By Doug Hanson I’ve been teaching a course on the Old Testament wisdom books at the Biblical Studies Center in

By Joan Endicott Once upon a time, in a quiet town nestled among rolling hills, lived a woman named Grace.

By Dr. Rick Chromey Most Americans know Dwight D. Eisenhower as a soldier, commander, president. Eisenhower’s leadership of the D-Day

By Rosie Main As we approach 2025, many of us feel the call for a fresh start – a year

By Roxanne Drury In my life as a Christian, sad to say, there have been times that I neglected God’s

By Janet Thompson During the election, you might’ve heard the slogan “Make America Healthy Again.” I have a trucker’s hat