Three hundred and eighty five years ago, William Bradford, the Governor of Plymouth Colony, penned these words: “Inasmuch as the great Father has given us this year an abundant harvest of Indian corn, wheat, beans, squashes and garden vegetables, and has made the forests to abound with […]
-Read MoreWe have a tendency to think that our greatest challenges in life come from the world around us. Not true! The greatest challenges in life are to be found within us. Within every child of God there rages a constant battle between the old nature of sin, self-absorption and self-protection and the new nature of […]
-Read MoreToday was a tough day. Our youngest son Zack has been sick for a few days, and today he was having difficulty breathing. We took him to the doctor, and after two breathing treatments there was no improvement. His oxygen count was dropping. The next stop for […]
-Read MoreAs you stand at the threshold of yet another year, what do you see? Do you see a world of possibility before you or a world of problems? Do you see a life filled with an abundance of opportunities […]
-Read MoreWe just completed our first year of K.I.C.K. (Karate In Christ’s Kingdom) for kids from pre-kindgarten to fifth grade at my church. We had a blast teaching the basics of karate, self-defense and fitness in an environment that was Christ-centered and Scripture-saturated. What a wonderful sight it is to see all those little “warriors” of […]
-Read MoreBack when I was in high school, it was not uncommon in my group of friends to borrow a little change for an occasional afterschool snack in exchange for a proverbial I.O.U. To satisfy the debt, we would either pay back the money or the one who owed would buy the next time. For the […]
-Read MoreDo you need an extra dose of hope today? Has our economic recession turned your life upside down? Is sickness and disease testing the outer edges of your health plan? Are your finances consistently bringing you to that place where you have too much month left at the end of your money? Perhaps you are […]
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