Photo: Andrew C. I have always thought “I am who I am, and that doesn’t change.” While I believed I could change certain things about me such as how I dress, or what I eat
Thirsty
January 31, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Photo: Cris Watk Have you ever been so thirsty you thought you were going to pass out? So thirsty that every time you swallowed it felt like you were swallowing sand paper?
Adopted by God
January 24, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Photo: Hemera In Japan, all ages observe Revere Your Elders Day. Tribal leaders in Native American cultures are called wisdomkeepers and act as guides to younger tribe members. Sweden’s government provides for more than 94 percent of elder care.
Just Sitting?
January 20, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Photo: Loretta Humble Sitting. Just doing nothing. Stillness. Sitting… on the porch, my feet propped up, watching the white light of early-morning northern sun swell, burst, and splash its glow on everything in its path. Sitting… at a stop light, my eyes catch the little one skipping, her yellow boots dancing a rat-a-tat, her little hand warmly enfolded in a the gnarled one of her grandfather.
Saved by a Hymn
January 17, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Photo: Stuart Whitmore A party of Northern tourists formed a portion of a company gathered on the deck of an excursion steamer that was moving slowly down the historic Potomac one beautiful evening in the summer of 1881. A gentleman who has since gained a national reputation as an evangelist of song had been delighting the party with the happy rendering of many familiar hymns, the last being the sweet petition so dear to every Christian, beginning, “Jesus, Lover of my soul.” The singer gave the first two verses with much feeling, and a peculiar emphasis upon the concluding lines that thrilled every heart
When to Believe
January 13, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Photo: Barbara Sanna Modern-day miracles and supernatural events surround us. Mobbed with tabloid stories of half-frog humans, alien abductions and pets that solve murders, and many popular T.V.
The Cross and Forgiveness
January 10, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Photo: Mario A. Trejo “I’ll never forgive him for what he did!” The person’s words shocked me. But you’ve probably heard similar words at some time
Chicanery of Chic
January 6, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Photo: David Gilder I received an invitation to a birthday party for two wonderful twenty-something friends. The email arrived with all the basic information about the party: the date, the time, the address, etc. What caught my attention was one line that said, “Dress Code: Casual Chic”. Now, I knew some of the typical dress codes like black tie, formal wear, and business casual but I had never heard of “casual chic”. So I wondered… Casual chic? What was that? What was I supposed to wear? Christians face many challenges where mainstream trends and fads compete for attention. We may find ourselves venturing into the seducing and enticing pleasures of a “chic” world. Granted, dressing casually chic to a birthday party is no big deal. It only means dressing casually but elegant. What may be a bigger deal is when we face deeper issues in our lives and we depend on the “chicanery of the chic”, the craftiness of this world, to guide us.
The Top Resolution
January 3, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Photo: Crystal Woroniuk By the time you read this story, 2011 will be at least a few days old. If you are like most people, you are almost a week into your New Year’s resolutions, if you made any. Or, they may have already gone by the wayside like the resolutions of so many New Year’s past. If so, you are no doubt feeling a bit discouraged about now. For this very reason, some people refuse to make these annual commitments to better themselves. Because they have failed so many times in the past, they have given up trying. That way they don’t have to chance another failure
Baptism, Why Bother?
December 30, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Photo: Linda DuBose I grew up in a family and a church that believed in water baptism—not a little bit of water, but a full dunking. It was believed that around 12 years of age was the appropriate time—just about the time when a child could make a decision as important as this on their own. Around 10 years of age, I decided it was time for me and went to my parents with the good news
