Priceless memories that you make with those you love are far more valuable and enduring gifts than anything you can purchase with money.
12/13/2006 by Teresa Bell Kindred
Rubel reminds us that Christmas is the season for many things depending on who we are. So let's use this season to be a blessing and not to stir trouble and let's do it responsibly and with grace.
12/12/2006 by Rubel Shelly
Using something for free almost every weekend of the year for a parking lot reminds a church that they don't own what they use; we need to learn that same thing as God's children.
12/03/2006 by Alan Smith
Sending thank you cards or notes can be such a powerful and special blessing to those who receive them and are just the kind of thing the Lord would have us do!
11/25/2006 by Mary Lindow
Idolatry in India leads to a false notion that their gods are drinking milk, but the true and living God knows us and cares about us.
11/03/2006 by Paul Faulkner
The words of an old song remind us of our deep need for God and longing for him.
11/01/2006 by Tom Norvell
An awful Halloween ten years ago reminds us how important it is to value children for who they are!
10/31/2006 by Phil Ware
The Amish are an example of simple piety that cares to honor God above getting even: it is their character and not their dress or agrarian culture we need to imitate.
10/24/2006 by Rubel Shelly
Christian people can be ugly and ungrateful, but we must be like Jesus in both the way we use our speech and the way we forgive others who are hateful and ungrateful.
10/23/2006 by Phil Ware
A humorous story about a date is a reminder of how hard it can be to communicate well.
10/12/2006 by Rubel Shelly
After reading the passage again, have you seen anything new, like maybe it should apply in everything you do -- the Golden Rule!
10/02/2006 by Phil Ware
Jesus gave up his spirit, but he did not give up his mission, his mercy, his grace.
09/25/2006 by Phil Ware
A mother's lame explanation for child abuse makes us realize how easy and horrible it is to explain away our own responsibility.
09/23/2006 by Rubel Shelly
Jesus accomplished all he was sent to do because he put God's kingdom and his righteousness first.
09/22/2006 by Paul Faulkner
Our descisions have consequences and these choices are not inconsequential to our children and grandchildren.
09/08/2006 by Paul Faulkner
Paul has a scare while tending his goats and it makes him realize the urgency of now, of doing the things today that need to be done and saying the things that need to be said right now.
09/01/2006 by Paul Faulkner
Hospitality is the Christian virtue of entertaining strangers, outsiders, and guests and recognizing in them angels or even the presence of God in the Trinity.
08/27/2006 by Scott Owings
We like a person with kindness much more than a person who has had a bunch of cosmetic surgery or plastic surgery.
08/11/2006 by Paul Faulkner
A lighthearted look at heaven and the joy that awaits us there: it's like a beach and not really a job.
08/09/2006 by Denise Waldrop
Friends can help friends if they love them and minister to them.
08/04/2006 by Paul Faulkner
We all need more friends, but the way to have them is to invest the time and offer others our friendship
08/01/2006 by Rubel Shelly
The spiritual discipline of generosity is crucial if we are going to grow in the spirit.
07/30/2006 by Scott Owings
Will we help those who need it simply because we follow Jesus and because they need it with no strings attached?
07/29/2006 by Mike Barres
We all need friends, but in America, people have fewer and few friends, but the best way to have friends is to be a friend.
07/11/2006 by Rubel Shelly
Little things, done faithfully, like taking out the garbage, are the glue, the grace, of ongoing and lasting relationships and marriages.
07/04/2006 by Patrick D. Odum