By Karen Wingate I remember the sick feeling in my stomach when I heard about the brutal shooting of 10 Amish girls at a rural school near Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania in October, 2006. Five girls died and, to this day, one survivor still remains semi-comatose in her parents’ home. How could anyone be so […]
By Tammy Darling Until recently, I never knew I could go to church and leave feeling so angry, confused, and just plain horrible. And it had nothing to do with conviction of sin. Instead it involved control and manipulation—something that shouldn’t be present in a place of worship. I would have expected such behavior […]
By David Faust It’s all right with me when the restaurant’s menu says “no substitutions.” Usually the chef’s recipe is fine the way it is. Anyway, substitutes seldom equal what they replace. Stand-ins command little respect. We call them bench-warmers, understudies, back-ups, second-fiddles. Schoolchildren try to get away with more mischief and do less […]
The Editor’s Desk By Shawn McMullen Saul was not a perfect ruler. It didn’t take him long to succumb to arrogance, jealousy, and anger. Still, he did a few things right in his early days as Israel’s first king. He displayed an admirable humility when the prophet Samuel anointed him (1 Samuel 9:21). And he […]
By Dan Lentz 1. What is one of your pet peeves and why do you think it became a pet peeve to you? Read Matthew 5:17-26. 2. These verses point out that the spirit of the law is just as important as the letter of the law. What are some areas of the […]
