Corrie Ten Boom (kor-ee ten bome) was born in 1892 in the Netherlands. She was a middle-aged woman in a middle-class home, never married, living quietly in her quiet town. Then the Nazi war machine rolled over the Netherlands, and hell erupted on earth… but heaven was stronger. The Hiding Place is Corrie’s autobiography that introduced her to the post-war world. She preached a message of the love and grace of Jesus Christ, of trust in God, and of forgiveness in the face of horrific evil. Then Corrie faced her greatest test in the form of a former Nazi guard. Did she believe what she preached? In Corrie’s Own Words…

For more, listen to my podcast “Joy in the Desert,” which includes a moving interview with Jane Burt. Jane knows exactly what it is to walk through the desert, she has been all her life. And she loves and trusts the One who leads her. I need to explain my title, “Joy in the Desert.” My friend Kathy Smith told me that she didn’t like the title because she thinks the desert is beautiful. A lot of people do, and I don’t mean to knock it. But there’s a reason I’m using it in the podcast title. I live in a beautiful mountain town in Southern California named Wrightwood. We…

Battling in prayer is not always on the top of the hit list for modern Christians, especially women. We don’t really like to hear about it. It doesn’t sound nice, it doesn’t sound happy and it sure doesn’t sound safe. But Satan doesn’t have any of these hindrances. He want to hurt us and to frustrate our prayers. He does not want us to be Christlike or powerful in prayer. Is prayer always a battle? No. Often faithful and consistent prayer is quite enough. And sometimes it’s not. These are the times when choices or circumstances threaten us or people we love, and we must go to war in prayer.…