Stories in Heaven
I’ve been reading a lot of fiction lately, enjoying stories that deliver excitement without real-life consequences and resolve every conflict or mystery before the last page. I love a good story.Stories bring joy to my life, and I wonder whether we will have stories in heaven. Jesus was a great storyteller here on earth, and God’s story of redemption has been called “the greatest story ever told,” but a good story requires conflict. If heaven is a place without tears or pain (Revelation 21:4), can there be stories?As always, I’d love to hear your thoughts.

Christian Carnival #299
Want this badge?Last week, I was praying that I could the temptation to spend too much time playing games on my computer. The answer came in a form I wouldn’t have chosen – a crashed computer. My games are gone, and I’m now working from an old, slow computer that often freezes and needs to be restarted without warning. It’s a challenge for me, as I depend on my computer far too much, and I expect it to be a learning experience. I am thankful to

Can A Program Honor God without Talking Specifically about Jesus?
The local pregnancy care center, where I used to volunteer, has an abstinence education program other centers envy – they have earned the privilege of talking to students in most of the county’s public schools, explaining the physical and emotional benefits of sexual abstinence in a way that gets students’ attention. I believe this abstinence program has been responsible for preventing the county’s high teen-pregnancy rate from being even higher.But this week I received a letter from the center, stating that they will soon stop making abstinence presentations in public schools because the presenters are not allowed to mention Christ or use biblical arguments for abstinen

Too Much of a Good Thing: A Review of Christianity in Crisis: 21st Century by Hank Hanegraaff
Hank Haanegraaff offers an acronym for everything in Christianity In Crisis: The 21st Century

The Elements of a Good Story: A Review of A Million Miles in a Thousand Years by Donald Miller
In A Million Miles in a Thousand Years: What I Learned While Editing My Life