By Dr. Bill Patterson Consider the following scenario: You are asked to teach a Bible class for your church. The request fulfills your heart’s desire. It seems God trained you for the task by deepening your understanding of his Word over the years and by increasing your love for people you’ve been asked to teach. […]
By David Faust At the dinner table it’s rude if you don’t pass the food. At church another kind of plate passes your way. How do you feel when the offering plate moves down your row? It’s tempting to view the offering with indifference (“I gave at the office”), skepticism (“I don’t trust the budget […]
By Kelly Carr This week we begin a three-part series looking at the time when Israel finished wandering in the desert and finally were able to enter into the land God had promised them. We will delve into the books of Joshua, Judges, and Ruth. Not Move-In Ready The thing that strikes me as I […]
Bev and Phil Haas My husband tells me I’m hanging on too tightly to our 15-year-old son. I know someday he will be on his own, but that’s not now. So what do I do in the meantime? Patrick Henry’s famous statement, “Give me liberty or give me death,” could well describe the internal urge […]
By Therese Marszalek “Wasn’t he just born?” I whispered to my husband, Tom. My heart swelled with motherly pride watching our son, James, graduate from basic training at Fort Knox, soon to be headed for his tour of duty in Iraq. Feeling melancholy, I realized how the years had flown by, and I didn’t feel […]
