During a season of restlessness, I came across a prayer by Thomas Merton in which he expressed his inability to discern God’s leading. He hoped only that his desire to please...

At the end of my second year of college I found myself in a depressed state. I had fallen in love for the first time, and I had also fallen out...

Where do people turn when they encounter struggles in their lives? I know that some people withdraw. Some people turn to friends or coworkers. Some look for books that might help....

The meeting had begun by the time I slipped into the room. As I entered, persons were introducing themselves. One after another stated that he or she felt a special call...

Our scripture offers clues as to how prayer can help us draw closer to God. The opening verse says, “The people were filled with expectation.” Life with God, a life of...

Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn says that he tried prayer and it did not work. He put a shoebox under his bed and prayed that it be filled with gold. He awoke...

Is that it? As you reflect on the past year and look ahead to this new year, is this the question you raise? Is that it? Is that all there is?...

Is your career progressing as you’d like, or are you sensing a need for a change? Career, from the French word for racetrack, can serve us usefully. Wise career choices guide...

Ecclesiastes can depress us with its time to mourn, to weep, to die. The writer lists fourteen “opposites” in a few shortverses. All in all, they reflect twenty-eight facets of human...