We work so hard at life. Most of us spend year after year trying to get better jobs, better homes, better relationships, even a better spirituality. Yet every day we face the haunting doubt that we haven't done enough. Jacob would have understood. His name means "striver, schemer, supplanter, hustler." And as Craig Barnes reveals, he could have been the poster boy for the American Dream-because like most of us, the ancient patriarch spent most of...

Be surprised by the unexpected as this golden retriever warms your heart just by being herself. Gain a new vision of who God is, what He is like, and why we might just love Him more in spite of ourselves.