Stronger Than Hate
“I’m an African-American woman, whose parents grew up in Jim Crow, Mississippi. So I understand this idea the way the world isn’t loving the community,
“I’m an African-American woman, whose parents grew up in Jim Crow, Mississippi. So I understand this idea the way the world isn’t loving the community,
Who is a good example of a loving and giving husband? One character could be Carl Fredricksen from the animated movie Up (directed by Pete Docter and
In 2005, Will Ferrell starred in Kicking and Screaming (directed by Jesse Dylan, Trimark Pictures). Ferrell’s character gets stuck coaching his son’s last-place soccer team. The team
An analogy from sports applies to the role of the sermon in worship. Just as a coach corrects and equips players during practice, preaching corrects
Sometimes in life we need someone to fight for us. Maybe we’re struggling with our finances, and we need someone to help us overcome our
In the mid-1930s, thousands of Americans left their homes on the High Plains as drought and dust enveloped their communities. Yet, despite the hardships, many
In his novel The River We Remember, William Kent Krueger explores the pasts of multiple characters and how in the present they struggle with forgiveness
If you’re a fan of nature documentaries, then you’ve seen at least one hunt on the Serengeti or in the woods of North America. When
In this letter, a pastor begins to truly see Laura, a member of the congregation who has Tourette’s: “I realize now that when I first
Janice Hansen uses the illustration of young girls saying, “He loves me… he loves me not” as they pluck petals from a flower. In the
The rich histories of literature and cinema provide us with many profound love stories, stories that speak to the transformational power of true love. Pride and Prejudice, Forrest Gump, Beauty
Have you ever had a family member that you really didn’t like? You dread seeing them at Thanksgiving and Christmas or any family gathering, really.
In Disney’s remake of Beauty and the Beast (directed by Bill Condon, Walt Disney Pictures, 2017), the cursed prince, the Beast, is slowly transformed by the love
Using our treasures to bless others is a critical way of learning how to measure the worth of God’s treasure to us. When we are
Imagine you get hired for a job, you show up, and you have nothing to do. There are no instructions, no one there to tell
“When Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a young man, living with his father Leopold (himself a fine musician) in Vienna, he is said to have played
“His heart is just not in it.” That’s an accusation some sports pundits throw at players when their effort doesn’t match the intensity of the
. In the children’s book Sidney and Norman: A Tale of Two Pigs, Norman is tidyand organized. Sidney struggles, and Norman judges him for it.
In China Miéville’s The City & The City, two cities coexist at the same time andplace. The residents of each dislike the other and look
John Piper on seeking to be covered under the wings of God: “God is not anemployer looking for employees. He is an Eagle looking for