Days of Elijah is the story of the humbling work of God in the life of Jerry Selvidge while he was the preacher in South Haven, Michigan. The story is told through the life of the prophet Elijah who prayed that it would not rain. In answer to his prayer, the rain stopped and Elijah spent the next years of his life being humbled at the brook Cherith and refined at the home of the widow in the village of Zarephath before his great victory on Mt. Carmel. Jerry Selvidge also prayed a prayer. He called it an exchange prayer, where he was willing to exchange a fast growing church for wisdom to be...

"Living on the Thin Edge" can best be understood by the games we used to play near the thin edge of ice when we were kids. The author believes that living on the thin edge of life is where the greatest amount of joy is to be found. We live during "difficult times" as the Apostle Paul put it. (2 Timothy 3:1-6) Most people live on the thin edge, but few people have learned to enjoy it. Living on the thin edge is a spiritual adventure that requires faith, vision, hard work, good planning, deep relationships and self-control. To use another analogy, in our Father's woodshed, we learn to persevere...