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Americans Are Less Happy; Can Politeness Help?

Steve Davis
6 Mar 2018
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Did you know the United Nations publishes an annual World Happiness Report for most countries? Technically it’s based on a Life Satisfaction Survey conducted on a random basis of local citizens. They ask questions like, “Are you very satisfied, satisfied or not satisfied with your career performance (or your country’s economy, your government, etc.)”. Hmmm. This survey feels like a special kind of Olympics, competing for the gold or silver medal in emotional health. Until this year, America’s happiness scores have internationally ranked in the top three. Last year it took a nose-dive to rank 14th.  Americans were not very […]

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It Matters That they Lived

Elizabeth Mitchell
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“Weeping may tarry for the night,” (Psalm 30:5) It matters that they lived, regardless how short the span. It matters on a scale of enormous significance that your friends’ loved ones drew breath for a wisp of time or for a lengthy chain of years. A life that was loved is worthy to matter to us, too. On every side people are grieving, and we are allowed entrance into that sacred space where breathing has become an unbearable task. When a small child leaves shattered parents or elderly saints cross the threshold of heaven, those left behind are devastated. For […]

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Allowing Lent to Capture You

Anitra Parmele
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“The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet.” ― Frederick Buechner Even as our social media feeds fill with exclamations of wonder that it is already March, Lent reminds us of a slower cadence. As the cycle of holidays slaps us like waves pounding the shore, Lent extends the chance at preparation. When our spirits cry out for a deeper communion with God in the midst of a frantic schedule, Lent offers scattered prompts throughout our days to draw us near to God. Lent 101 Marked by Ash Wednesday […]

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Redeemed to Live a Risen Life

Dr. Tommy Boland
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Because Easter is on April 1st, I am writing a word of encouragement rooted in the Resurrection for the month of March. It is my prayer that these words will meet you in your deepest place of need as it relates to living the life God has called you to live, by grace, through faith, in our Lord Jesus Christ. “I want to know Christ — yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death,” (Philippians 3:10). Three pillars to a risen life For all those who are in Christ, […]

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Faithful

Edna Buchanan
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My Experiences with The Rev. Billy Graham: I was 18 when a male coworker at the New Jersey Western Electric plant where I worked invited me on a date to a Rev. Billy Graham Crusade in New York City! It was huge, thousands of people packed into a gigantic auditorium. I think it may have been Madison Square Garden. (I lived just 17 miles from the George Washington Bridge but knew little about NYC.) Rev. Graham inspired, moved his audience and radiated the Spirit. At the close he urged those who had not yet accepted Christ as their Savior to […]

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Faith Farm Welcomes Home Successful Alumni

The Good News
5 Mar 2018
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  Faith Farm Ministries Drug and Addiction Recovery Program hosted its “Free and Clean In 2018” Homecoming on Sunday, February 18 at its Boynton Beach campus. Alumni Hedy Menendez and Timothy Summers shared their alumni testimonies during the event. Menendez, who came through the program in 2013, went on to become the band director of the Universal American School of Kuwait for 14 years and is currently the fine arts director at The Island Christian School in Islamorada. Summers shared that he has conquered his battle with drug addiction and homelessness, running several successful restaurants and being a father to […]

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Church Unity – Where Do We Go from Here?

Alan Platt
2 Mar 2018
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Three catalytic questions What is the LOSTNESS of my city? What is the PAIN of my city? What is the BROKENNESS of my city? No one church or ministry, no matter how large, can make a dent in the lostness, pain, and brokenness of a city or a region on their own. In churches — and I don’t mean large churches only — we tend to want to concentrate on what WE are doing. Sometimes we can even come to believe that our church or our ministry is the only one out there doing good. But if we become aware […]

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Ginger Martin Encourages Others to Climb Higher at Lifework Leadership

Shelly Pond
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 Ginger Martin, chief executive officer of American National Bank, has a smile that can warm a room, and the energy to climb mountains. In fact, she has climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, completed climbs in the Grand Tetons and Rocky Mountain National Park, summited seven peaks higher than 14,000 feet in Colorado and hiked the Salcantee Trail to Matchu Picchu with Freedom Challenge, an organization that combats human trafficking worldwide. “Climb higher! That’s my motto. I want to climb higher and I want to take other people with me. That’s why I am involved in Lifework Leadership as an alum, as a […]

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“Paul, Apostle of Christ” – Where Sin Abounds…Grace Abounds More

Chris Alexander
1 Mar 2018
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It comes without glitz. It comes without sex. It comes without computer generated imagery (CGI) — oh my! What? A biblical movie without Hollywood’s gruesome graphics or DeMille’s epic grandeur? Without these bells and whistles how will the movie “Paul, Apostle of Christ” captivate moviegoers? Answer: through the power of faith, love and grace. Now before you yawn at that list, let me assure you the movie is anything but ho-hum! The power of faith Most of us today don’t equate faith with power. And by most accounts it would appear in this movie that Paul and the Christian faith […]

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Jesus: The Lamb of God Connects at Passover

Rich Freeman
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The phrase, “Lamb of God,” has become a part of our Christian lingo. John the Baptist, as he sees Jesus walking toward him says, “Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world” (John 1:29). In the 53rd chapter of Isaiah, a passage sometimes called the Gospel in the Old Testament, describing the Messiah, the prophet writes, “Like a lamb that is led to slaughter, and like a sheep that is silent before its shearers, so he did not open his mouth” (Isaiah 53:7). This was the passage that the Ethiopian eunuch was reading when Philip […]

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