By Jeanette Hanscome When I didn’t see Deanna at church, I knew something was wrong. She suffered with health problems that caused severe pain and depression. Deanna also loved the Lord and being with his people, so if she missed church, she had to be in bad shape. “Is everything OK?” I knew the […]
The Lesson and Life — for October 5, 2014
By Jeanette Hanscome When my attorney emerged from the courtroom, I expected her to tell me that my painful, unwanted divorce process was finally over. Instead she said, “The judge wants you and your husband to pursue bankruptcy.” She explained that bankruptcy would release me from dividing a mountain of debt that I couldn’t […]
The Lesson and Life — for September 28, 2014
By Nathan Kline Recently I embarked on an adventure I wasn’t sure I could complete: I signed up to race in a half marathon. So in the fall of 2013, I registered for the 13.1-mile race with a goal time of 2 hours and 5 minutes. Quickly time passed for me to begin my […]
The Lesson and Life — for September 21, 2014
By Nathan Kline I’m a sucker for musicals. My wife and I love going downtown to see the Broadway Across America series roll through Pittsburgh. Every couple of years one of the greatest Broadway musicals comes back around—Les Miserables, full of beautiful music and the most beautiful story. That beautiful story is one of […]
The Lesson and Life — for September 14, 2014
By Nathan Kline There I was, standing before hundreds of people, crying my eyes out because of what I beheld. At four o’clock in the afternoon on August 18, 2012, my eyes flowed like Niagara Falls because the woman of my dreams was walking down the aisle, getting ready to marry me. As I […]