Driftwood Cross

Driftwood Cross By Craig Ruhl Driftwood Beach is on Jekyll Island in the Golden Isles area of Georgia. Karen and I visited the area the year before last, thoroughly enjoyed the trip, and plan to return at the earliest opportunity. At the time of our visit, my health...
Unwelcome News

Unwelcome News

Unwelcome News It’s cancer.            You’re fired.                           Killed in action. These are words nobody wants to hear–EVER. Yet there are times, “When Bad Things Happen to Good People,” as Rabbi Harold Kushner writes in his book by the same name. Rabbi...
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As we read God’s Word day-by-day …

As we read God’s Word day-by-day … Psalm 42:1-11 We are to pray for an increase of our desire for God: ‘My soul thirsts for God, for the living God’ (2). This is the spiritual experience, referred to in verse 7: ‘Deep calls to deep’. This is what Paul speaks of in 1...
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Much Needed Light

Much Needed Light Anxiety weighs down the heart, but a kind word cheers it up. Proverbs 12:25 You never know what some people are going through. Most people don’t want to drag a dark cloud over someone’s day. We tend to hold things in rather than reaching out and...