Gateway to Joy in Christian Living
Weekly Devotionals
Child-Parent Relations
**Note from Elisabeth: Dan Tompkins, fourteen-year-old son of my dear friend Barb of Tucson, Arizona, wrote this for his school...
Weekly Devotionals
The Discipline of the Body, Part Two
The Jerusalem Bible translates it this way: “Think of God’s mercy, my brothers, and worship Him, I beg you, in...
Weekly Devotionals
The Discipline of the Body, Part One
A television commercial shows a man springing out of bed, racing down the stairs, gulping a cup of coffee, snatching up coat...
Weekly Devotionals
A Word for Fathers
While visiting Columbia Bible College in South Carolina, I found in the library a little book called Father and Son,...
Weekly Devotionals
Under Orders: Part 2
When I was in college, it was the custom when the yearbook came out to ask one’s friends to autograph...
Weekly Devotionals
Under Orders: Part 1
Christian discipline means placing oneself under orders. It is no mere business of self-improvement, to be listed along with speed-reading,...
Weekly Devotionals
The Gift of Work
The principal cause of boredom is the hatred of work. People are trained from childhood to hate it. Parents often...
Weekly Devotionals
A Mother is A Chalice
Scripture teaches that older women have the responsibility of teaching younger ones to love their children. Love certainly involves attention...
Weekly Devotionals
Take Up the Cross
What must I do to follow One who was crucified? Take up the Cross. What does this mean? The “Cross” is every...
Weekly Devotionals
Stress, Discipline, and Choice
Today we begin a new series on Discipline. We pray you are encouraged and strengthened in your faith by Elisabeth’s...
Weekly Devotionals
The Howard Home
As we conclude this season’s focus on relationships, we share a beautiful portrait of the Howard home, the home of Elisabeth’s...
Weekly Devotionals
A Transformed Marriage
Those of you who pray for God's working through my speaking will be glad to know of one who had...