By Samantha Shrauner If you serve any person in any capacity for any length of time, frustration is inevitable. Faithful service can go...

It’s easy for Christians to lose sight of who Jesus is. It isn’t that we forget everything; we don’t turn away or close our eyes completely.

When the world around us makes obedience into something sinister, how can we learn what it means to obey God with a happy heart?

by Samantha Shrauner It is a natural defence to attack when we are confronted by our own wrongdoing. When we feel the danger of...

by Samantha Shrauner During my last year of school, I was single-minded in the pursuit of one goal: a clarinet audition for a concert...

The magnitude of a person’s generosity cannot be measured by the amount of money or material care they provide to others.

by Samantha Shrauner Author Christopher Ash, expounding on Psalm 2, has an interesting interpretation of the words ‘kings’ and ‘rulers.’...

by Samantha Shrauner As difficult as it would be to write a novel, I think it would be more difficult to write a sequel. People have...

by Samantha Shrauner Looking at our streets and reading news from around the world, it can be tempting to think that there are some...

by Samantha Shrauner In stories, a good cliffhanger is simultaneously frustrating and very exciting. It is thrilling to think about and...

by Samantha Shrauner A few years ago, my sister and I trained to run a 5k race together. The way was smooth, clearly marked, and people...

by Samantha Shrauner Have you had the experience of racing through a terrific read? For the first time in years, I recently found a book...

by Samantha Shrauner There is a fascinating movement of people who are adamant that the earth is flat. Rejecting what scientists and...

by Samantha Shrauner There are people that I have spent years praying for. I’ve earnestly gone before God and begged him to save them. In...

by Samantha Shrauner We live in a post-Easter world. Christ is risen from the dead, his victory is secure, and those who have put their...

by Samantha Shrauner It’s a well-known moment in a romantic comedy. Something has torn a potential couple apart, and one of them is about...

by Samantha Shrauner Recent news reports around the world are grim. There is not one of us who has been unaffected in the past week. In...