by John Christopher Frame | Apr 7, 2026 | Faith
Photo by Patrick Fore on Unsplash Most of us want to spend time with God. We just don’t always know how to begin again. Life gets full. Days move quickly. That’s where a daily devotional can help. A Christian devotional isn’t meant to add pressure to your day. It’s...
by John Christopher Frame | Feb 25, 2021 | Misc.
A few years ago, I took a short Bible history course at a college in Jerusalem. Afterward, I followed in the footsteps of a classmate who, before our course had begun, had solo-ventured through Egypt. Despite the diarrhea-related emergencies he suffered during his...
by John Christopher Frame | Mar 24, 2019 | Misc., Religion, Tips
I’ve been thinking a lot about suffering – something that affects all of us in different ways. Some people suffer from illness, others from injustice, poverty, or any number of other causes, like being worried about the future. Sometimes, suffering jolts you from a...
by John Christopher Frame | Nov 24, 2018 | Religion, Tips, Turkey
My wife and I began reading the book of Ephesians yesterday – the next book in our daily reading through the New Testament. In the first chapter, the writer says a few words about how he prays for this group of Christians (in Ephesus, a place in southwest Turkey). In...
by John Christopher Frame | Jul 26, 2017 | Religion
Sitting at an outdoor cafe in my neighborhood in Istanbul, I drank sparkling water and finished my online Turkish lesson, as a large, white street dog lay near my feet. I perused Facebook and saw a live feed of a church service from a Church of God congregation I knew...
