By Stef Coleman My daughter shrieks and I look out the window. Her grandfather has her lifted over the pool and she’s beaming, her face split by the widest grin, the kind only a kid can manage. He throws her high, high in the air and she splashes into the pool with another shriek. She […]
By Jamie Shafer Nikki Carlson and Kailynn Bowling knew that business principles rooted in faith could help to create positive experiences for their clients and a desirable place to work. As word of their success has spread, recently they were named by Entrepreneur Magazine as having one of the Top Company Cultures of 2017. Nikki […]
By Dr. Mark Scott In the book of Judges, the judges get progressively worse as we go along. We’ve gone from Deborah and Barak (good) to Gideon (all right) to Jephthah (not stunning) and next week to Samson (terrible). The enemies of Israel in our lessons also get progressively worse, from the Canaanites to the […]
By David Faust The story of Jephthah contains so many rough edges that it almost hurts to read it. His family life had a rocky start. His mom was a prostitute, so his brothers considered him illegitimate, disinherited him, and drove him away from home (Judges 11:1-3). After settling in a distant land, Jephthah became […]
By Lucinda J. Rollings Peggy rummaged through her fabric scrap box, choosing a flowery red piece, a delicate brown print, and some green and cream ticking scraps. “You’ll make a clever white elephant gift,” she said with a chuckle. A few days later when the gift was opened, “What’s this?” the recipient exclaimed. “An adorable […]
