In The Eye Of The Storm

Waiting On The Sunshine I hope your 2023 has started well. We are recovering from an EF3 140mph tornado that swept through our town, leaving a several-mile-wide path of destruction. But, as with anything in life, we have begun to move on. Storms are all around us, and many are falling away from following the

God Says To Just Show Up And He Will Do the Rest This Year

We get busy and caught up with the stuff of life and try to do everything we can to make it. We trust God, read our Bible, pray, attend worship services, give, and sometimes make it to a prayer meeting or outreach. We work and care for our families, yet it seems like we are

A New Year, A Coronation and

Returning To Eden It’s the time of year when we can celebrate a new year, according to the Hebrew Calendar. I have written previously on Rosh Hashanah as the ‘Head of the Year.’ It is a day of shouting and blowing the shofar. For more on this Holy Holiday, see Leviticus 23:23-25. Each year many

Five Benefits Of Contemplative Prayer

Meditation and contemplative prayer are not something we generally associate with prayer. Instead, we associate prayer with talking to God and waiting on His answer. Thanksgiving, blessing, praise, asking, seeking, and supplication are the most common ways we pray. So, what is contemplative prayer? As the name implies, it is prayer where we contemplate. Meditation

Four Reasons Why The Cross Is A Better Symbol Than The Empty Tomb!

We see them everywhere, hanging around people’s necks, tattooed on skin, printed on T-shirts, on stationary, and in front of church buildings. The cross has come to mean different things to different people. It can be a symbol of peace and love. To some, it represents hate. Since the celebration of Christ’s death on a