By Jannette Weaver Each year one of my favorite things to do in the Christmas season is to place my nativity sets – as in plural. I love my nativities. Each one holds a special meaning in my heart. I usually set the wise men of my nativities across the room from the baby Jesus. … Continue reading Missing Piece
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It’s a Jesus Book
By JaDonna Brattin I have just had an experience of a lifetime! Being the preschool storyteller for Vacation Bible School is always an adventure. If you have spent any time at all with 3- and 4-year old’s, then you probably have at least one cute story to tell and maybe even a fresh perspective on… Continue reading It’s a Jesus Book
Plans
By Mendi Behnen I recently worked my obligatory “quarantine” jigsaw puzzle. It was an amazing scene from the Grand Canyon and I was looking forward to watching it come together as I pulled out the pieces, searching for all of the ones that would form the border. However, they were the strangest pieces I had… Continue reading Plans
Perspective
By Mendi Behnen Last week my grandson was at my house with a great need to be busy. So, I put him to work helping me fold laundry and put it away. He carried a maroon hand towel and washcloth to the hall bath and stopped short at the shelf where he knew they belonged.… Continue reading Perspective
Spaghetti Therapy
By Mendi Behnen One of my friends taught me about what she calls “Spaghetti Therapy.” She found herself following a pattern of negative self-talk, and recognized it was time to start taking those thoughts captive and making them obedient to Jesus Christ …thus the start of her Spaghetti Therapy. As I explain this process you… Continue reading Spaghetti Therapy
The Shepherds and the Sacrifice
By Mendi Behnen Each year at Christmas our family reads from Luke 2:4-20. This is likely a passage with which you are also very familiar. It tells of the birth of Jesus and verse 8 tells us, “In the same region there were some shepherds staying out in the fields and keeping watch over their… Continue reading The Shepherds and the Sacrifice
Give Thanks
By Mendi Behnen As Thanksgiving approaches, I am reading Luke 17:11-19 which is about a man who is known for giving thanks. Luke tells us about how Jesus sees ten men with leprosy as he was traveling along the border of Samaria and Galilee. They recognize that He is Master …even over disease, so they… Continue reading Give Thanks
Enough
By Kim Hoover Sunday evening our pastor continued preaching from the book of Ecclesiastes. The scriptures that he read came from chapters 5 and 6. As he began reading it wasn’t long before God began to speak to my heart. I sensed God speaking to me in Ecclesiastes 5:18-19 which says, “Even so, I have… Continue reading Enough
Truth Be Told
By Ginny Reding The wall behind my computer monitor is filled with clippings, photos, quotes; things I have deliberately placed there to remind me of good memories or of truths I want to be realities in my life. Some of these treasures have been there over ten years, yet at times it seems as if… Continue reading Truth Be Told
Peace, Not As the World Gives
By Julie Bennett “I’m sorry this season has been hard,” she said empathetically. “It’s okay, it’s just been bittersweet,” I paused, “but isn’t it almost always bittersweet?” This life we live is full of ups and downs. It is fairly safe to say that in the course of our lifetimes we will all experience a… Continue reading Peace, Not As the World Gives