How many time does our past pull us in and gain our focus so that we lose sight of what is happening? How many times does it sneak in and try to suffocate us? The past longs to steal our present but there is a way to overcome. To read more about overcoming…
Who needs something big to happen in their life today and are your burdens too heavy to carry on your own? Maybe you have a Christmas wish or you long to hear good news before the New Year starts. Will your wish give you everlasting joy? Will it hold you through? The greatest gift…
I want my children to know that in this world of toil and snare we have a King who is above all kings. Jesus rules and we are safe in His loving arms. I feel that my greatest Christmas gift I can give to my children is the story of Jesus. He is our love…
Who can we trust? Who will protect our Country? Who will stop terrorist attacks? Who are we the people putting our trust in? We want freedom and security. We want peace on earth. Is there one Presidential Candidate that can do this for us? I’ve listened to both Republican and Democratic debates. I don’t agree…
Even though we went to church regularly as I grew up and we attended Christmas Eve services, heard the Christmas story with the animals, the inn, the stable, the start, the shepherds and the magi – I did not feel or understand the truth of Hope, Love, Joy and Peace of Christmas until Christmas…
When you’re a kid, other kids won’t like you for whatever reason. The way you look, the friends you have, the music you listen to, something you said. Petty reasons really, it’s all petty. I wish I could say that it changes when we become adults, but it doesn’t. It’s still petty. What a…
This week I was reading John 4:10. Jesus had gone to Samaria and was sitting to rest by the well. A Samarian woman had come to the well to get water. In that culture, Jews didn’t talk to Samaritans. Jesus asked her for a drink. She was intrigued that this Jewish man would talk to…
Compassion for “them”: relearning to love the people we were before our loss By Robert Nickel When you read about a horrible disaster— a doomed airliner, a tsunami, anything that suddenly shatters peace and calm and well being— when you read an article like that, sometimes there are “before” photos. The people in harm’s way…
Reeling and Reaching by Author Kate Kelty “Kate. I have bad news.” Before my sister said anything else, my heart had already melted under the intensity of her words. “No Kristen. No.” I wanted whatever it was to be untrue. Whatever pain I was getting ready to feel and face, I needed it to not…
Image from Movie Frozen It takes courage for you and me to be brave enough to share our stories. You may or may not struggle with depression. But more than likely there is something that you are walking through that is difficult. Whatever that is, it does not define who you are. I struggle with…
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