What started as a family trip to Itasca State Park turned into our own little mystery. We spent the afternoon trying to figure out someone else's story, only to be reminded that some endings aren't ours to know.

As I started a new journal, I looked back through the Bible verses I'd collected over the past year. One theme kept appearing: stay in God's Word. Here are five reasons reading the Bible every day matters.

A lunch with a lifelong friend almost didn't happen thanks to work, kids, and a summer downpour. Looking back, I realized God had been writing this friendship story from the very beginning—and it reminded me of David and Jonathan and the gift of godly friendships.

I first remember learning about the Beatitudes in a church basement one summer when I was helping my aunt teach vacation Bible school....