by Waylon Bailey Can a relationship be restored? Can a marriage plagued with infidelity become a marriage again? Can broken trust ever be regained? The story of Hosea deals with all of these issues. Hosea’s
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Thanksgiving is one of those holidays that seems to change in meaning as we get older. It begins as a day home from school to stuff yourself to edge of a cataclysmic internal organ failure,
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If your child has an internet access phone, Ipad, e-reading device, computer, etc, they have access to the equivalent of the biggest adult book store in the world. Frequently checking the browsing history is good,
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I say these things…so that they may have the full measure of my joy within them. John 1 7:13 NIV These words from John 17 come from the prayer that Jesus prayed at the time of
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By Deron Spoo We stumbled upon it. During a recent renovation of one of our older church buildings, we accidentally uncovered a long-forgotten time capsule from the early 1950’s. To add to the surprise, the
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Today, war is a part of life. It touches every family, as more and more have someone they care about serving in the military.
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{Excerpt from Jerry MacGregor’s book 40 Ways to Get Closer to God] by Jerry (Chip) MacGregor An acquaintance of mine took her daughter to the city one day to visit a museum. On the city
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“Do you feel that?” Sara Groves asked her friend and fellow-songwriter Jill Phillips over dinner one night. “I feel like the pace of life keeps getting faster and faster. Everything feels so frenetic these days.”
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This Mom Turned Part-time Missionary Does. by Tina Ann Forkner Sandy Johnson is a busy mom, a wife, a friend, and a volunteer from a medium-sized town in Wyoming. In short, she is probably just like
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We all know about the organization Compassion International, but recently I’ve been considering them in a whole new light and hope you will too. Growing up, my family sponsored a Compassion child. I took it
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