refuge

Our weather continues to remind us how vulnerable we are in the storms of life.

Some Arizona churches are offering sanctuary to Central American migrants facing deportation.

Christians taking shelter in an ancient Iraqi monastery are steadfast in their faith in the midst of the Islamic State threat.

What lessons have we learned in the years since 9/11?

We can base our security on the news, in which case our well-being is the product of the last story we read. Or we can base it on our unchanging God and his never-ending strength and love.

The psalmist declared that "God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble" (Psalm 46:1). But here's the catch: a refuge cannot protect me unless I get inside it.