The Upward Look, by Jon ForrestThinning Out ChristThere was a little old church out in the countryside: painted white and with a high steeple. One Sunday, the pastor noticed that his church needed pai...  Read More

The Upward Look, by Jon ForrestFish or Talk?A Fish and Game Warden had a friend who was quite the fisherman. The friend would go fishing almost every day. Day in and day out he came back in a very sho...  Read More

The Upward Look, by Jon ForrestGood News and Bad News about Palm SundayRalph and his friend George went golfing together one Saturday morning as they had for 24 years. They were fanatics about their g...  Read More

The Upward Look, by Jon ForrestCounting the CostThe great violinist, Nicolo Paganini, willed his marvelous violin to Genoa -- the city of his birth -- but only on condition that the instrument never b...  Read More

The Upward Look, by Jon ForrestWhat are you doing?Based on James 2:14-26How is your faith? How do you know how your faith is? James tells us!In James 2:17 we find the words…faith by itself, if it is n...  Read More

The Upward Look, by Jon ForrestLife Aboard the Fellow-ShipOne of my favorite authors is Max Lucado. Many years ago, Max released a little parable on unity that made a huge impact on me and on many oth...  Read More

The Upward Look, by Jon ForrestServiceA new homeowner’s riding lawn mower had broken down, and he had been working fruitlessly for two hours trying to get it back together. Suddenly, one of his neighb...  Read More

The Upward Look, by Jon ForrestHow well do you know the Bible?George Barna wrote The State of the Church in 2002. Barna conducted a survey of self-pronounced Christians and here’s what he found about ...  Read More

The Upward Look, by Jon ForrestMore than a HatAlbert I. Raizman told a true story on page 34 of the January of 2005 issue of Readers Digest about an incident that took place at a certain university. T...  Read More

The Upward Look, by Jon ForrestStuck in YesterdayShe may have missed the point of New Year’s Resolutions. With an eagerness to make some changes in the area of financial habits, the lady called her cr...  Read More

The Upward Look, by Jon ForrestRevival of Grace and Love A Church held an unusual yard sale. It was actually a storage room giveaway. The pastor said, "We didn’t really sell anything. We had so much s...  Read More

The Upward Look, By Jon ForrestA Bad WordThere is a word, or title, that is perfectly biblical, but has been ruled completely unacceptable in our society today. It is a word that offends most, especia...  Read More