Get Past Fear

We all wrestle with fear. Even our economy is driven by fear. Just watch a few TV ads or thumb through a magazine: auto, health and life insurance; medical advice; car safety features; foods that will lower cholesterol, chances of getting cancer or heart disease...the advertising industry feeds on our fears. But as believers, what is our response?

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It Was a Dark and Stormy Night

In all of my years as a worker in Africa this was one experience I had so far escaped until now: my car breaking down at night. We were miles from the nearest village and phone contact. The overhanging elephant grass on each side of the road made our position precarious, to say the least. Drivers of oncoming vehicles, if there were any, would not see us quickly enough to stop. Thieves were known to take advantage of such situations, although I wondered what thief would venture out on a night like this.

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Fear of the Unfamiliar

Let The Sea Billows Roll

We had risen early in the morning and rode quietly to the town of Lake Port. At daybreak we rented a rowboat and headed out onto Lake Huron where the sea billows roll. As I watched my dad try to row away from shore, it did not take long for my anxiety gauge to hit the danger zone. This was probably the first time either one of us had ever been in a rowboat! I fervently hoped my dad knew how to turn the boat around. Otherwise, we were going to spend a lot of time together in that small craft before reaching the other side of the lake.

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Get Out of the Ghetto!

A very natural human trait is to be afraid of the unknown. If it has been poisoned with stories (true and false) of prejudice and mistreatment, the unknown can be terrifying.

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Fear of Sacrifice

Investing for Eternity

Sacrifice? What is sacrifice? Is it walking 15 miles to a village to share a message or not having 24-hour Internet? Maybe it is all relative—or is it?

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Afraid

A poem by a worker in the Middle East

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The Paradox of Fear

What’s so bad about fear? Why did Franklin Roosevelt say, “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself?” Is that really true?

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