Where in the Word are you today? Philippians 4:4-9 4 Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice. 5 Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand; 6 do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to […]
Winter Freeze Strategies The big news this morning is just how very very cold it is across the nation. It’s a LOT warmer this morning in Hartford, CT than it is in Nashville, TN or Dallas, TX where they are experiencing rolling blackouts. Millions are without power in subfreezing temperatures in parts of the country […]
San Francisco’s Schoolchildren In the opening of this hour, Carmen discusses an article from an LA news source, KTLA5, titled San Francisco files suit to reopen schools, citing high suicide rates among children. She states what some roles of churches could be along with what you can do in your own sphere of influence such as […]
Weather The big news for a LOT of people across the country today is the weather. And as bad as the weather may be, its somehow refreshing that the big news is NOT something out of Washington or Hollywood or Wall Street. As people of the Word, what’s the Bible got say about the weather […]
Are you a day counter? You know, a person who counts days. I recently learned there are apps for that! You can countdown the days from now until the start of something or you can count down days until the end of something. And yes, you can also count the days from something in the […]
When We Look Out Many times when we look out into our culture, into the news headlines, into life in general, we think to ourselves, “the world is irreparably broken.” When we have that thought, the very next thought should be, “We have a God who redeems.” Right now, He is making all things new […]
Love It’s Valentine’s day weekend which gives us an opportunity to talk unashamedly about love. Let me encourage you to center on the love of God and on God, who is love. Here are handful of the valentine’s God has written to us in His Word – better than a box of chocolates every day! […]
Life is fleeting but love endures forever By Monday the roses and chocolates and cards will be history, but we will still need to know that we are each and all loved. My husband sat on the steps and held out a ring. It was large and worn and engraved with a date from 1966. […]
Decision of the Day: Retaliation Tour or Going the Second Mile? In the context of the Sermon on the Mount, following the recitation of the Beatitudes, and the declaration that his followers are the salt of the earth, Jesus teaches a series of lessons that begin, “you have heard that it was said, but I […]
Fight Like Heaven The debate in our nation today is around the meaning, intent, interpretation and resulting action of one man saying three words, “fight like hell.” What I can say is this, as Christians, we are called to fight like heaven. Yes, fight, but fight the good fight. Yes, fight, for fight for justice […]