FIRST-PERSON: Extraterrestrials & our search for God
Fascination -- or obsession -- with extraterrestrials, Amy Hebert writes, falls far short of a faith in which God "came down to us, lived among us and sacrificed Himself in order to pave the way for an eternal relationship."
FIRST-PERSON: Halloween’s bony finger of fear
Halloween thrives on fear, although our culture commercializes and celebrates it and even tries to make it cute, Amy Hebert writes, noting that fear nevertheless remains as one of the devil's oldest tactics.
FIRST-PERSON: Pastor’s wife, be real!
Amy Hebert encourages pastors' wives -- when they're asked, "How are you?" -- to break from "the epidemic of being 'fine'" and from "the lie that if anyone knew our true humanity and all of its nagging sin nature, we would be ostracized."