By Carla Moore We see and hear it everywhere … rude gestures as someone cuts you off in traffic, the news, talk (shout) shows, and don’t even get me started on social media. Why is everyone so quick with an unkind word or post? It seems most of the culture has forgotten what our mothers… Continue reading The Disappearing Art of Kindness
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My Story ~ God’s Design
By Stacey Burton I have been married for 26 years. I can sum up the first 24 years for you with the following words: anxiety, fear, control, an extremely critical spirit, and desperation. Let me unpack those a little for you. Anxiety: When I got married, I was ready to be a bride but I… Continue reading My Story ~ God’s Design
What Goes In Is What Will Come Out
By JaDonna Brattin From my early childhood, I was easily captivated by people and things that appeared “beautiful” My imagination was fueled by fairy tales, beautiful princesses with tiaras, ballroom dancers with fancy dresses, ice skaters and, of course, Barbie. As I entered my teenage years I traded Barbie for Teen Magazine with pictures of… Continue reading What Goes In Is What Will Come Out
This Is the Way – Walk In It
By Jannette Weaver How do you walk your day? Stop. Take one minute. Just one minute. Can you take one minute in silence and think clearly on one thing for just a single minute? Or are you like me and you think of at least half a dozen. You start out thinking about Point A… Continue reading This Is the Way – Walk In It
Invasion of the Frogs
By Jennifer Duncan In Exodus 8, when God uses troublesome plagues to convince Pharaoh to free the Israelites from slavery, Egypt is invaded this time, by frogs. There were frogs everywhere…in the houses, in beds, in the oven, in kitchen bowls, and, I’m imagining…even in their shoes! Moses offered to pray for God to remove… Continue reading Invasion of the Frogs
Unfading Beauty
By Mendi Behnen UNFADING BEAUTY. What do you think of when you hear these words? Does it make you want to plan a trip to a salon or spa, or maybe the mall, perhaps even a journey in search of the fountain of youth? Down deep, we all want to be beautiful. Even if you… Continue reading Unfading Beauty
Trust for Tomorrow
By Julia Bennett I recently read the book “The Screwtape Letters” by C. S. Lewis, a book I strongly recommend if you are wanting to better understand spiritual warfare. The book is written from the perspective of a senior demon, Screwtape, writing letters to his younger and less experienced nephew, Wormwood, who is working on… Continue reading Trust for Tomorrow
A Mighty Fortress Is Our God
By Jennifer Duncan I was a carefree college student, enjoying my final year at a Christian university. My dad was a professor at the university, and one of the real joys of my time there had been that I had taken several classes under him. I had just recently gotten engaged to John, and I… Continue reading A Mighty Fortress Is Our God
Surrounded
By Alyse Fields How often do you feel like the world is crashing down around you? Maybe it’s your health—you just received a life changing diagnosis. Maybe it’s your relationships—fighting, anger, unforgiveness. Maybe it’s the world—you see the chaos of brokenness, drugs, abuse. You feel surrounded on every side. The world is crashing in and… Continue reading Surrounded
The Unchanging Foundation
by Julia Bennett “Jesus is the same yesterday and today and forever” Hebrews 13:8 We live in a world of uncertainty, a world where economies fall to pieces and entire nations break into war in the blink of an eye. On a more personal level people die, jobs are lost, relationships change and persecution comes.… Continue reading The Unchanging Foundation