by Amanda Goodroe I grew up hearing stories of persecution in China. Stories of underground churches and believers longing for just one page of the Bible filled my mind as my train pulled into Harbin,
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Stop Whining
For us to have the abundant life Jesus talks about in John 10:10, we must learn to be content in whatever situation we are in and STOP WHINING.
Read moreFor Such A Time As This
And who knows but that you have come to royal position for such a time as this?
Read moreAltered Snapshots
My plunge into the world of social media has had an unexpected effect on my life. Naturally, most of us have spent some time looking up old friends, people we’d rarely thought about in twenty
Read moreFirst to Fall
I saw it yesterday morning, green morphing into yellow.
And then, today, I saw the first to fall.
One lonely leaf, landing at the base of the tree.
I felt sorry for him.
Go Spell it on a Mountain
Preaching the Gospel is easy, even in the 30′ by 50′ chapel at Pelican Bay State Prison. Living the Gospel in a cell block, on the exercise yard, or in solitary confinement is a different
Read moreBeneath the Surface
“Basal Cell Carcinoma.” Her words ricocheted off the back of my brain before my ears actually heard them. She went on, in a voice deemed too cheerful for the moment, to describe the upcoming 4-hour
Read moreGood Courage
We were singing an old hymn in church and one phrase in the chorus caught my attention, Good Courage. I’ve heard that all my life, but it struck me today as I watched the words
Read moreWhat Path Will America Choose?
Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world— the desires of
Read moreSerendipitous or Spiritipitous?
Since there is no chance that the details of Joy’s story happened by accident, I would like to suggest a word that you won’t find in any dictionary. I know it’s not there because I made it up: Spiritipitous. Since I coined the word, I can also give you its definition: orchestrated by the Spirit of God; not occurring through human design or activity.
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