By Shane Lockard A little boy prayed, “How Father, who does art in Heaven, Harold is his name.” Sometimes people get mixed up about who God really is. Thankfully, God never misunderstands who we are. If we’ve committed our lives to him, the Bible says we are God’s children. Paul said, “You are no longer […]
In the World — February 12, 2012
By Christy Barritt Worst Passwords Revealed SplashData, a maker of smartphone applications, revealed the worst passwords of 2011. Among them are “password,” “123456,” “trustno1,” and “letmein.” Data security experts advise that passwords should contain a least eight letters and a mix of four different types of characters such as uppercase, lowercase, numbers, and special […]
The Practicality of Love
By Victor Knowles Hazel Miner, 15, was an 8th-grade student in a one-room school at Center, North Dakota. On March 15, 1920, the teacher dismissed school early because of a sudden spring blizzard. Hazel, her 10-year-old brother Emmet, and her 8-year-old sister Myrdith headed for home in a buggy. But the buggy overturned and […]
The Constancy of Love
By Javan Rowe Most of us fluctuate between highs and lows in life, with countless intricate layers in between. One minute our children bring us joy; the next we respond to them in anger and frustration. Our kids may know our love for them is unchanging, regardless of their behavior, but can we say […]
The Supremacy of Love
By Cheri Lynn Cowell If a billboard that read “School of Love” were erected on your church’s lawn, what changes would need to be made to fulfill this mission? Does the community surrounding your church identify it as the place where one learns how to really love? First Corinthians 13 is known as the […]
