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Joy Night for Japanese University Students
Joy fills a home near a Japanese university every week as a time of fellowship, playing games, English lessons, and Bible discussion unfolds. The weekly gathering, called Joy Night, takes…
Learning to Treat People Like People
We don’t treat people like people very often. Instead, we often treat others as objects. We’re only interested in them for what they can do for us. And sometimes we…
How to Make Prayer an Adventure Rather Than a Burden
It’s been estimated that a typical Christian layman spends about three-and-a-half minutes each day in prayer. Full-time Christian workers average about seven minutes per day. Why do we fail to…
Mountain Top Experiences that Last
“It is not just a great mountain top experience, it is practical for the challenges of daily life throughout the year.” Nine-year-old Kelsey Bocher arrived at Eagle Lake Camps for…
God’s Plan in Dark, Uncertain Times
Narrowly missing death twice, Abbas finds true life Growing up in the Middle East My father provided for our family, but he was entirely focused on his business. Eventually he…
A Disciple’s Outward-Focused Vision
Jesus’ Followers See the World Through His Eyes One day, as Jesus was going about His usual business of traveling from town to town, He stopped and called something to…
Are You Growing More Like Jesus?
One early explorer to the North Pole, who charted his journey hourly to ensure that he stayed on course, experienced a strange phenomenon. His instruments indicated that although he had…
Praying Over God’s Promises
The Lost Art of Taking Him at His Word “The habit of regularly reminding the Lord of His promises to us in prayer will bring vitality to our prayer lives…
Jim Downing: A Life Well Lived
Jim Downing, beloved patriarch of The Navigators, went home to be with the Lord on February 13, 2018. He’d undergone surgery in recent weeks, and was unable to rally. He…
Santa Claus & The Message of the Gospel
Musty pine smell, glittering balls, and smooth, softly faded creche figures: Christmas packed in an old yellow trunk at the back of the children’s closet. Out side the sun is…
Self-Discipline Develops a “Long-distance” Faith
One of the New Testament metaphors used to describe the Christian life is running a race. “Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only…
Bill Mowry on The Ways of the Alongsider
Bill Mowry is a veteran staff member with The Navigators. He has a masters in adult education from Ohio State and is a published author in the areas of education,…