By Elizabeth Van Liere No matter if the skies are gray, my Tuesday mornings shine with special blessings. Six to eight elderly ladies and men wait for me. Oh, not me, exactly. They wait for the blessing of hymns, which I play on my CD player. They come down the hall of the nursing home […]
By Eunice Porter The sunbeams shine through stained glass windows, the organ swells the introduction, and it seems Heaven opens when the congregation bursts forth with “Praise to the Lord, the Almighty . . .” How did hymns come into being for corporate worship? One only has to read the Old Testament to hear of […]
By Michael C. Mack 1. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe said, “Man is made by his belief. As he believes, so he is.” Do you agree or disagree with that statement? Why? Read Mark 9:14-29. 2. With whom do you most identify in this story and why? • One of the three in Jesus’ inner […]
By Dr. Bill Patterson Adam and Tina (not their real names) live in Indiana but spent several years in Missouri. While there they experienced something amazing. They heard the concept of the Year of Jubilee in their small church and it gave them an idea. They decided to apply the spiritual principle in a practical […]
By David Faust You may not have heard of a nineteenth-century English poet named Jane Taylor, but I’m certain you can quote some lyrics she wrote. Her poem “The Star” appeared in 1806 in a book called Rhymes for the Nursery. It has six stanzas, but the poem is best known for its first verse: […]
