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August 2024

August 21, 2024
Challenges are part of our humanity. To stand firm and cope with life's challenges, we...
August 14, 2024
Creator of the world, with concern and compassion for his people living on it. Jesus...
August 07, 2024
In dark waters, lifesaving buoys can make the difference between safety and disaster. We and...

July 2024

July 31, 2024
Everyone has down times. And reaching out to each other—rising together—can change lives. I love...
July 24, 2024
This past year I have been working on a new book. After writing and publishing...
July 17, 2024
In a lifetime of callings that require the Lord's guidance, we have learned the value...
July 10, 2024
Current youth have been called  the “choice generation” for the "mindboggling" number of choices available...
July 03, 2024
The Apostle Philip, serving effectively in Samaria, was sent by a an angel to a...

June 2024

June 26, 2024
  Most face pain and grief in their lives. Some lapse into bitterness. Some resilient...
June 19, 2024
"Trust and wait!" Not popular words. We live in times, places, and societies where we...
June 12, 2024
On a bad-mood day, I discovered the need to just show up. I had just...
June 05, 2024
"A friend loves at all times," we read in Proverbs 17:17 (ESV). Certainly friends are...

May 2024

May 29, 2024
"God clothes the grass in the field, which is alive today but tomorrow is thrown...
May 22, 2024
"In all thy ways acknowledge [God] and he shall direct thy paths” (Proverbs 3:5-5). As...
May 15, 2024
A Christian school high school teacher staged his own parable to help students understand Christ's...
May 08, 2024
The only gift my wife wanted for Mother's Day that year was to take a...
May 01, 2024
In a world where lifetime guarantees and 90-day warranties fade as fast as the latest...

April 2024

April 24, 2024
Jesus Christ is a God of miracles. He created this earth, with all its features...
April 17, 2024
Many years ago, during a worthlessness spell (which many of us seem to occasionally suffer),...
April 10, 2024
(Fev/Unsplash) Many of us might recall going to sleep with "hallelujah" echoing in our minds....
April 03, 2024
An Easter song, written by the author, tells us that within three gardens—Eden, Gethsemine, and...

March 2024

March 27, 2024
Two of my children made history this year! Jordan, age 18, and Mariah, age 16,...
March 20, 2024
Ten years ago, March of 2014, our family was plunged into suicide grief. My brother...
March 13, 2024
(Vine/Unsplash) "The almost impossible thing is to hand over your whole self—all your wishes and...
March 06, 2024
"We may think that coming unto Christ requires a strength, power, and perfection we don’t...

February 2024

February 28, 2024
"Humility is willingness to submit to the will of the Lord . . . It...
February 21, 2024
In 1860, with his nation approaching civil war, Abraham Lincoln pleaded in his First Inaugural...
February 14, 2024
(Geranimo/Unsplash) I was lost once. Losing my GPS access, I had no idea which direction...
February 07, 2024
In some cultures February is the month dedicated to love. Like the song says, love...

January 2024

January 31, 2024
Sharing stories of Jesus is a precious blessing. Through stories children—and adults—come to know the...
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