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Virtual Christian Magazine: January 2006

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In This Issue

Count It All Joy

  • by Robert (Bob) Fenwick
“My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials” (James 1:2). When you have a trial in your life, is it a joyful occasion? Are you happy when things are not going well in your life?

Joe's Story

  • by Ruth Famiglietti
In Chicago, in 1983, Joe Bauer had an experience that was unlike any in his life up until then. And he had certainly already had some perilous times in his life!

I Was a Stranger and You Took Me In

  • by Jean Jantzen
“The rest of you, who are my eager companions, wait here, while I, with my own ship and companions that are in it, go and find out about these people, and learn what they are, whether they are savage and violent, and without justice, or hospitable to strangers and with minds that are godly”—The Odyssey of Homer

Catch the Disease of Optimism

  • by Rodney Hall
Why are some people overwhelmed by their problems, while others are simply challenged by them? Why do some draw back, give up and quit when facing obstacles, trials and difficulties while others with similar backgrounds, facing the same troubles, bounce back and keep working toward success? It all boils down to your frame of mind. Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.

Climb Every Mountain

  • by Robert H Berendt
We face many difficult challenges in our lives, but it’s what we learn during those adventures that counts.