In-Lawfully Yours

Watch In-Lawfully Yours, an offbeat romantic comedy about Jesse (Chelsey Crisp, The Office), a quirky New York girl who says what’s on her mind. When Jesse finds her husband Chaz (Philip Boyd, The Mulligan) cheating, they divorce, but she still helps her now ex-mother-in-law (Marilu Henner, Taxi) pack up her small-town home. In the process, she disrupts the local church service with…

Five Practices That Lead to Life’s Victories

If you’re one of the precious few who have chosen to press into God’s presence, here are five divine principles that can easily be incorporated into your daily living to help you grow even closer in your relationship with Him. Not only are they simple, but when practiced with dedication, they become unconscious habits — much like the air you breathe! Have a Dedicated Time. Having a…

Jesus in the Twitter Era

CVB: The title of your book is ‘Jesus Christ, His Life and Mine,’ and the subtitle is, ‘The Story of Jesus and How it Applies to Us in the Twitter Era.’ The interesting hook for me in your book title is the Twitter era. Tell me how you came up with this concept of the story of Jesus and how it applies in the Twitter era? Christian Bohlen: That subtitle just evolved in the last couple of…

Victory Against Satan

There is a real devil roaming the earth who is very much alive. “Be of sober spirit, be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour” (I Peter 5:8). As much as some people would like to ignore this subject, the reality is that Satan still prowls the land seeking to establish his devious plans. The devil delights in distracting our…

Finding Wisdom

“But where can wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?”—Job 28:12 NASB Driven by problems, Job found himself asking profound questions about himself, God, and life itself. Facing challenges, he needed to know what to do to gain perspective on life and the issues he faced, so he could make the right decisions. The friends who gathered around him believed they had all the…

Sabina K.

Sabina K. was lost. But God didn't leave her where she was, in the middle of a situation too big for her to fix—just like He won't leave you or forsake you. And just as there's beauty to be found in hard places, Cristóbal Krusen’s film Sabina K. is a redemption story worth watching. Set in the aftermath of the Bosnian War, much has changed in newly created Bosnia and Herzegovina. The biggest…

You Are Not Alone When You Pray

Do you ever feel like you are all alone in your prayers? When you call out to God during a trial, do you ever feel like no one is listening? It’s easy to believe that our prayers are going nowhere when we call upon the Lord yet nothing seems to change in our situation. “The heavens seem as brass to me” is a phrase that Christians sometimes use when they feel God is not hearing their prayers.…

Dave Says: Be Fair, but Firm

Dave,  My husband and I have run our own small business for nearly 10 years. Our largest client, who is also a friend, is almost three months behind on the bill. He has always been good in the past about paying on time, but we work on a 30-day payment period. Can you give us any advice on how we should handle this?  — Melissa  Melissa,  In my mind, there’s no reason to level accusations or…

Love in The Long Goodbye

The Long Goodbye is a documentary about Kara Tippetts’ amazing life, including guest appearances from Ann Voskamp, Joanna Gaines, Dianne Derby, and golden-voiced singer Ellie Holcomb. If you found out you were dying, how would you respond? Would you be angry? Sad? Shake your fist at God? Would you be filled with regrets and shut yourself off from a world that couldn’t understand your pain?……

Cover Him (Part 1)

John Farrell: What was your inspiration for writing Cover Him? Roderick Hairston: I was inspired to write Cover Him after we published Cover Her. A lot of women were interested to know what their husbands and significant others were reading. When they got ahold of Cover Her, they said, ‘What are we supposed to do? Can you write something for us because the men that we love don’t talk. They…