By David Faust Our church staff needed some new publicity pictures, and it was time for a photo shoot. The young woman organizing the group photo told me, “Your hair looks a little messy,” so I reached into my back pants pocket and pulled out a small black plastic comb. “He has a comb in […]
By Melissa Wuske Plumbers Help Flint More than 300 union plumbers from across Michigan went to Flint to install water filters free of charge because of the mounting water crisis that has left the city’s residents with lead-poisoned tap water. Harold Harrington, a union leader in Flint, said, “We did not cause this American tragedy […]
By David Faust When I hired a woodworker to lay a hardwood floor in my house and install a new mantle over the fireplace, I was amazed by his skill and dedication. He explained that every time he builds a mantle, he shapes and inserts a one-of-a-kind decorative piece of wood into the center. No […]
By Melissa Wuske Islamic State Murders Declared Genocide The parliament of the European Union voted to designate the continued killing of Christians in the Middle East by the Islamic State as genocide. The designation opens the door for increased international response through the United Nations and urges individual countries to take serious action to end […]
By Dr. Mark Scott Gratitude should be our default setting (Psalm 107:1; 118:1). Gratitude is God’s will (1 Thessalonians 5:18). We were made to be grateful, and it should be as natural as breathing. Not to give thanks is duplicitous. Ingratitude is high treason against God and a mark of unrepentant humanity (Romans 1:21). People […]
