Sometimes God captures our attention and reveals His mighty power, the compelling evidence of who He is. September 29th reminds me of a time when God gained the attention of hundreds of people. So that
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Death rears its head in many forms. The recent shooting in Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill district hit a little too close to home. Last year, it was Las Vegas and the other numerous places. But most
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I have the distinct advantage in this. Since I lost my own father when I was a baby, I get to choose. I spent my whole life watching Daddies in action, studying them to determine what characteristics I’d most need in a father.
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It started last year on Easter Sunday with the death of a very dear friend in Maryland; a man I’d known for forty-four years. Within weeks of his death, another special friend in Florida died.
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This weekend we celebrate the unfathomable: the Son of God’s sinless and selfless life on earth, His sacrifice and substitutionary death for our sin, and His defeat of death, hell and the grave. His resurrection
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by Janet Morris Grimes It slowed to a stop in front of us, parking in our usual spot beside the mailbox. I couldn’t breathe. My daughters sobbed in each other’s arms in the back seat.
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I first met my father-in-law when I was twelve. I entered the church foyer for the first time and noticed a most gentle man who greeted everyone with a hug. With a pat on the back,
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I ain’t dead yet, so I have no authority to speak on the subject. I take it from the Word that death has lost it’s sting, but in the past few weeks I’ve seen sudden
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Death. It’s been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. I didn’t understand it then, as a three-year-old asking questions about my father–the mysterious man with the gentle smile from
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A Note from Alycia Morales, Senior Editor of Inspire a Fire: As an American, there are several luxuries of life I take for granted on a daily basis. Clean drinking water isn’t a luxury. It’s
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