When You’re Only Choice is Resilience
The narrative of exceptional Ukrainian resilience is one of the most harmful tropes I’ve seen during this war.
Bob JonesJanuary 22, 2026
How Are Your Ukrainian Friends?
I’m often asked, “How are your Ukrainian friends doing?” My contact posted this in the late evening from Kyiv on October 29th.
Bob JonesOctober 30, 2025
When a Child Suffers: A Mom’s Heart
Christa Gagnon is proud of her two handsome boys and one precious little girl. It's what it is to have a mom's heart.
Bob JonesMay 5, 2025
When You Don’t Know Why
It was one of those requests you can't forget. A young couple's 6 month-old son died of SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome). He was their only child. Why?
Bob JonesJune 18, 2024
16 Lessons of Hope For Those Who Hurt
Emotional wounds, while not as clearly evident as physical ones, are just as painful and your body reacts to this type of hurt as to a physical wound.
Bob JonesApril 12, 2023
Joni Eareckson Tada: An Unforgettable Story
Joni Eareckson Tada turned 73 on October 15, 2022. She’s spent five decades in a wheelchair after a diving accident in the Chesapeake Bay left her a quadriplegic at the age of 17.
Bob JonesOctober 15, 2022
How to Get Through Anything
Over the thirty-eight years of being a pastor I have witnessed people go through hell on earth. How did they get through things that you wouldn't wish on your worst enemy? They had one thing in common.
Bob JonesAugust 22, 2022
35 THINGS YOU NEVER KNEW ABOUT COFFEE
What's your CQ? (Coffee Quotient) I start everyday with two cups of coffee. When I do forget, my oversight comes with regret and a headache.
Bob JonesSeptember 25, 2021
BENAIAH AND THE TERRIBLE, NO GOOD, VERY BAD DAY
Benaiah is one of the most inconceivable and inspirational lives in history. His story relates to us living through COVID. Have you heard of Benaiah?
Bob JonesAugust 2, 2020
TWO TEARS ON THE WINDOW
Reading Kevin and Julia Garratt’s experiences in Chinese captivity left me feeling nauseous. The story of their arrest, captivity, grueling interrogations, and intense suffering over 775 days is chronicled in such a way as to create a vicarious experience. This is one book you will need to read in 2019. Whatever your circumstance, the Garratt’s vulnerability, honesty, faith, and humor will resonate with your spirit.
Bob JonesMay 14, 2019