Grief, frustration and resentment seeped through the words, “I guess God just doesn’t talk to me.”  A committed servant of the church, a faithful Christian who lived a scriptural life, my friend’s voice trembled over the perceived silence of God.  My heart ached then and now.  God is not silent; ...

“No, it is never going to change for me.  I’ve been going to counseling for years and nothing has changed and it isn’t going to change.  They can’t help me.”  So went the conversation with one of the women at my table.  Our church was hosting a special luncheon for ...

Two men, each with a book of the bible named for him, one was “the disciple whom Jesus loved,” one of the inner three. The other was, in God’s own words, “blameless, and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil.” John was a typical, hard-working fisherman at the ...