By Jennifer L Griffith “Kelly loved the Lord,” Lola said as I hugged her neck, meeting her for the first time. This encounter occurred two and a half hours after her 53-year-old husband’s artificial heart
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Time Capsule
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
Read moreFighting Fear: Winning the War at Home
Today, war is a part of life. It touches every family, as more and more have someone they care about serving in the military.
Read moreThe Courage to Trust
There are no furrows of worry on the brow of the eternal God.
Read moreThe Fallout of Faith
They were my parents, doomed to drunkenness, cheating, and poverty. Neither attended school beyond eighth grade but they were never absent long from the bars where my mother drank away her bitterness and hatred for an absent mother and displayed her inspiration on the dance floor.
This is not the gene pool to fish for Sunday school teachers and pillars of the church community. Unless you’re Jesus.
Read moreThe Wailing Wall
By Jennifer L. Griffith Betsy approached the Western Wall in Jerusalem clutching a piece of paper in her hand. On it she’d scribbled the names of people she would pray for at the “Wailing Wall.”
Read moreAsk Pastor Mike
“I’ve never heard God’s voice so why do so many people say they’ve heard Him” God’s voice is very distinguishable but most people still claim they’ve never heard it. God doesn’t speak like we
Read moreWhen Prayers Take Too Long
Christine’s story is bittersweet and beautifully full of faith challenges. “Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not
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