Thesis: Always be ready. A doctor tells the story of what it was like when the Joplin tornado hit: You never know that it will be the most important day of your life until the day is over. The day…
Rick Reilly: Shelter from the Storm
SI writer tells of a baseball team persevering after the tornado devastated their coach’s home: Baseball is all about getting home. But what happens when you get there and it’s gone? It happened to Hueytown (Ala.) High School baseball head…
The Big Picture: Tornados Kill Over 200
See more pictures here. Pray for these people.
Fukushima First Baptist Church
Tim Challies links to the web site of a pastor of a church ravaged by the Tsunami and nuclear accident: Yesterday a reader of this site sent me a link to an interesting series of blog posts—posts written by Pastor…
Japan’s tiny miracle
Time magazine: Amid the silent corpses a baby cried out—and Japan met its tiniest miracle. On March 14, soldiers from Japan’s Self-Defense Forces went door to door in Ishinomaki, a coastal town northeast of Senda, pulling bodies from homes that…
More pictures of the surreal carnage in Japan
Pray for Japan. Here for the rest of this photo collection.
Let Not Your Hearts Be Troubled
Read Genesis 12-28 and notice again that this is not the sort of story anyone would have made up. And, be reminded that though we cannot understand the events of life, we can be confident that God is putting the…
Earthquake pictures from New Zealand
See more at The Big Picture and pray for New Zealand.
Pastor Matt Chandler shares what God has taught him through the trial of a brain tumor
If you don’t have cancer, you may have it soon. It is worth your time to read from Matt Chandler what God has been teaching him. This Saturday, Dec. 4 marks the one-year anniversary of the 7-8 hour craniotomy that…
The trouble with miracle cures
If you know someone with cancer, read this post from pastor David Wayne who is battling cancer. I’ve tried to cut down on the cancer posts a bit. Cancer tends to dominate your life once you have it and one…