Created for Community

Created for Community By Dr. Kevin Garrett I am grateful to have experienced a good deal of community in our town in a recent week. My calendar was full of opportunities to be with other people through a variety of occasions and events. I worked on a project with an...

The First 30 Seconds of Your Day

The First 30 Seconds of Your Day John Pate My children have an interesting morning routine. Before their eyelids even open and the fog of sleep has lifted—they yell. It’s very interesting. Sometimes, it’s a friendly yell, and sometimes it’s a cry of anguish....

Did God Hang Up the Phone?

Did God Hang Up the Phone? by David Foucar I recently called customer service at my bank. Unfortunately, they couldn’t answer my question right away so the representative says “may I put you on a brief hold while I investigate the problem”. You know the feeling,...

WHEN YOU COME TO MARAH

WHEN YOU COME TO MARAH By Doug Pierce “So  Moses brought Israel from the Red  sea, and they went out into the  wilderness of Shur; and they went  three days in the wilderness, and  found no water. And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters...

Falling Isn’t Failure

Falling Isn’t Failure by Marty Machowski Dad, have you ever felt like a failure for skipping your family’s devotions – for a week? A month? A year? If you are like me, you get excited about a great new devotional book or plan and sprint out of the starting gate....

RUNNING THE RACE

RUNNING THE RACE By Roger Allen Cook I was so amazed at what I was seeing, that I began filming it with my phone. Her team had struggled to keep up with the other teams on the 4×200 relay at the biggest middle school track event of the year. When they handed Gwyn...