A room without books is like a body without a soul.
-Cicero
Click the images for captions and close-up views of the bookshelves of the YLCF Team Members (those who aren’t in the midst of cross-country moves and beginning deployment, that is!). And start taking pictures of your own books: we’re having a [...]
by Elisabeth Allen
May I be honest?
“The truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth” is that—take a deep breath—the pain of singleness is real…deep…persistent.
I hate to admit it, but when I was in my teens, I whined about singleness. I wanted to marry “my childhood sweetheart.” I didn’t, actually, have such a guy in [...]
by Christine Brown
Wherever you are, be all there. Live to the hilt every situation you believe to be the will of God.
-Jim Elliot
Don’t strain your eyes to see the future –
for you will not be able to see clearly what God wants you to see now.
-Elisabeth Elliot
Looks like the Elliots had a good handle on [...]
by Kristen Lisemby
Not long ago, I was reading various passages and one little thing kept popping up–noise. It got me thinking. Have you ever tried to pray and then heard the phone ring? Or thought about something you forgot to do? Have you ever said, I’m going to sit down and read my Bible—really read [...]
“Almost” – such a sad, sad word,
Beneath which lies an open grave,
Of half-done deeds, and good intentions,
Of cowardice that was ‘almost’ brave;
Of hard-fought battles ‘almost’ won,
Of loving words I ‘almost’ said,
Of things I ‘almost’ thought to do,
Of times I ‘almost’ stood – but fled.
The mounded dust of wasted days,
The skeletons of moments past;
A life I [...]
