"I wish I could play the piano as good as they can." "At least I'm a better swimmer than she is." "I finally got a better exam grade than he did!" Comparison, at first, may seem fun—like a contest—especially when you win. But when we compare, we either begin to become prideful or discouraged. We [...]

"Serving in the church? But I'm so busy! And I'm not good at socializing or memorizing Bible verses. I'll do it when I'm older.” Sometimes people think that, to serve in the church, you have to be a theology expert or an extrovert who loves to talk to strangers. We can forget that God created [...]

Have you ever read a book or watched a movie and been completely blown away? A story with characters who face the same struggles as you, a hero you can cheer for, and a rescue story that leaves you breathless from start to finish? Sometimes we find it hard to see the Bible the way [...]

As I looked through a science textbook recently, I noticed an article in the biology section on a great unsolved mystery of science: death. And I realized this is a subject that scientists—and the rest of us—can't truly understand unless we look to the Bible, the true words of our Creator. God created us in [...]

To be honest, I'm not very good at patience. I struggle with waiting. I begin to think the worst has happened when my friends are ten minutes late for a party at my house. I can't sleep when I'm waiting for an important announcement. I get frustrated when someone doesn't respond to my email within [...]

The Bible can be hard to read—seemingly old-fashioned religious practices, strange cultural rituals, and impossible-to-pronounce names! So how are Bible scholars, let alone teenagers, supposed to make sense of it all? I certainly felt this way in my tenth grade Bible class. By the end of the first month, I wasn't sure if I'd ever [...]

A lot of us had big dreams as kids: to be astronauts, singers, chefs. But where do those dreams go when we're older? As Christians, we have a great calling: to follow Jesus wherever He leads us, including using the talents and dreams He has given us for His kingdom. God often uses our dreams [...]