by Stephen Trout It’s an odd (and humbling) thing to wake up and realize that the glasses you’ve relied on to see are suddenly blurry. Yesterday, they worked just fine; overnight, the darn things...

by Stephen Trout   Lauren Whitman’s daughter was excited about her class hike through a nature preserve – until her glasses disappeared.  She’d hung them on her collar in order to peer through her...

If there’s one thing that’s true of all of us – embedded deep in our hearts from creation – it’s that we ask questions.  We ask because we’re not self-sufficient; we’re dependent creatures. We...

I have an older friend who watches a lot of Youtube videos, mostly about what’s wrong with the world. Sadly, he won’t be running out of videos anytime soon. The issues he covers run...

The problem with our assumptions, someone once noted, is that we tend to assume they’re true. (This, despite that old quip about what assuming does to you and me!) But if, as Einstein posited,...

It’s a precious truth, often quoted: “Children are a “gift from the Lord.” (Ps. 127:3) And it’s most certainly true ! Unfortunately, there’s another aspect of truth that we must take to heart: instead of...

“The resurrection is not a stupendous magic trick but an invasion…” – Timothy Keller In Jesus, God has broken into time and space; the future into the present. As CS Lewis said, “a cleft...

It’s kind of weird to live in a culture that needs to be reminded to “see” while  walking: And yet, “pay attention while walking” is a reminder we all need – because we’re often...

Your ministry website is at its best when it features stories of grace.  Stories have a way of connecting with us, beyond the mere dispensing of information. As writers often say, good stories “show,...

It’s amazing what you’ll find at the local Goodwill store… I had just popped in for a quick look the other day, and found myself (as usual) at the wall of used books. One...