Cross Talk

Tag: Christian Living

  • Patience is a Virtue…But I Don’t Have the Time

    You would think that fast travel and quick communication would free up more time, so we could relax and take time to reflect. However, just the opposite has happened. We have more free time than anyone else in history, but…

  • The Dalton Files: On the Flip Side

    I wasn’t terribly surprised when the knock came on the door. I was expecting it, just not this soon. I opened the door just a crack and peered at the familiar face on the other side. I was expecting to…

  • Monday Meditation: Ephesians 2:8-9

    This week’s meditation is Ephesians 2:8-9: For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.”

  • The Dalton Files: Gumshoe

    After all this time I was so close, and I was anxious to go to the convent. But I couldn’t go there looking like this. I was bloodied and bruised. If I walked into a convent looking like this, asking…

  • The Sign of Jonah

    Because Jesus compared Himself to Jonah, we tend to think of Jonah as a type, or foreshadowing, of Christ. Jesus made this comparison, so let’s take a look at the parallels and the contrasts between Jesus and Jonah.

  • Monday Meditation: Ephesians 4:32

    Today’s meditation is on Ephesians 4:32: 32 Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

  • Throwback Thursday: A Peace Which Surpasses All Understanding

    Originally published on Cross Talk on November 3, 2024.

  • The Dalton Files: Handsome Dan Donovan

    I headed back to the police station with Lydia the next morning. I was hoping Hank had the day off. Yesterday I had actually prayed he’d have the day off. We walked through the door and no such luck, Hank…

  • Seeing is Believing

    “I’ll believe that when I see it.” How often do we hear somebody say that? How often do we say it ourselves? We live in a tangible world. We live by feel, smell, and touch. But we live mostly by…

  • Throwback Thursday: I Will Make You Fishers of Men

    Originally published on January 16, 2026.