May such tragedies never come your way. But should they come, please remember these thoughts. A child who dies leaves a world of strife, finding a place of rest. We can't bring them back, but we can live our lives in such a way that we will go to them.
07/30/2014 by Tim Archer
Tim Woodroof continues his series on the ways we need to freshen our approach to church if we are going to connect with people in today's world and how we react to our own church issues.
06/22/2014 by Tim Woodroof
Michele Howe shares with us a poignant story of a woman caregiver and the loss of a client, or patient, and friend, and how it wipes her out and discourages her until she finds a way to bless this friend and her family and goes to the Father in prayer.
05/30/2014 by Michele Howe
Heather Gray shares a devotional on death and love and the power of God through it all for families who are deployed in harms way and she speaks with the authenticity of someone who knows because her husband David Gray was killed in Afghanistan.
05/26/2014 by Heather Gray
Teresa Bell Kindred reminds us of the importance of growing deep roots of faith by the waters of God's grace.
04/12/2014 by Teresa Bell Kindred
Rubel Shelly reminds us to not get knocked off our path when we encounter potholes, even big bad ones that do damage, but to keep pressing on and persevering toward the call of God.
03/02/2014 by Rubel Shelly
Ron Rose shares with us about weight problems, not pounds, but hidden weight with regret, worries, burdens, resentments, failures, and those kinds of things that we need to leave behind after we have handed them over to Jesus.
01/04/2014 by Ron Rose
Phil Ware continues the Interim Ministry Partners series on helping declining and aging churches find new life.
11/03/2013 by Phil Ware
Rubel Shelly share insight into Rick and Kay Warren's interview on Piers Morgan about their son Matthew whose mental illness led him to commit suicide.
10/17/2013 by Rubel Shelly
Terese Bell Kindred shares a story of a friend she admires and compares her to a prize fighter because she keeps getting up and going on after bad things and cancer.
09/07/2013 by Teresa Bell Kindred
Phil Ware shares some thoughts about Independence Day, July 4, 2013, and what it means and should call us to do in our time and our situation in today's world.
07/04/2013 by Phil Ware
Phillip Morrison reminds us where the beautiful and moving song, "When Peace Like a River" came from -- the tragedy of Horatio Spafford and a shipwreck.
06/20/2013 by Phillip Morrison
Rubel Shelly weighs in on the tragedy in Oklahoma, our easy explanations, and our overuse of the word just.
06/06/2013 by Rubel Shelly
My earthquake happened without warning and it helped me see what was important to remember about the earthquakes of life.
05/15/2013 by Steve Ridgell
Phil Ware continues his series that parallels The Story and he brings us to the resurrection of Jesus through the humiliation of his disciples and himself and tying his message to the garments of Jesus.
03/31/2013 by Phil Ware
Beyond weight loss, why do we keep picking up old burdens and carrying them, Ron Rose reminds us to set aside the past burdens and come to Jesus.
11/16/2012 by Ron Rose
Phil Ware continues his series on I AM from the Gospel of John and focuses on Jesus' statement that he is I AM and so we should not fear.
06/17/2012 by Phil Ware
The fear of death is instinctive, but Jesus came to free us from living as slaves to that fear
06/06/2012 by Tim Archer
Image for memorial day.
05/29/2011 by Biblical Reflections
Rubel Shelly gives an insightful perspective on the Brit Hume tempest that occurred because he advocated for Christian faith.
01/25/2010 by Rubel Shelly
Phil Ware writes about Ruth and her love and faithfulness and how God used this to bring the Messiah, bless broken-hearted Naomi, and bless his people.
12/10/2009 by Phil Ware
Rubel Shelly uses the recent world series and a few Casey Stengel stories about the early days of the Mets to remind us that the we need to get back to the basics of what we do as believers: love God and love each other.
11/10/2009 by Rubel Shelly
Lisa Mikitarian reflects on the passing of her husband's kidney stone and is caught up in the pain of two more passings.
06/29/2009 by Lisa Mikitarian
Phil Ware shares insights into Jesus' appearance to Mary Magdalene and how he commissioned her to go declare his resurrection to his followers.
06/07/2009 by Phil Ware
Phil Ware looks at Ruth and Naomi and the difference one faithful person can make in everything!
05/07/2009 by Phil Ware