Vows Honored, Even After Circumstances Changed A young man of twenty met the girl of his dreams. After a whirlwind courtship of only two months, this excited young chap was looking forward to a future of wedded bliss with his young bride of eighteen. Little did he know, life would throw them a curveball. A test of faith, commitment, and integrit...

Do you ever get bored with your devotional time? Ever feel like what you’re doing isn’t producing the spiritual results you hoped for?

Consider interval training.

My friend and I share the same birthday. This year we planned to celebrate by having dinner in her home, but her allergies kicked in and prohibited the preparation. Instead, the family showed up at my door with takeout food and gifts. Each gift sported a card and something homemade, selected or created with great thought, love, and care. All wer...

Tips for Staying Grounded When Life Feels Upside Down I cannot count how many times lately I’ve heard, “I just want things to get back to normal.” I get it. These last few months have thrown all of our lives off-track, and we want our “normal” back. What was normal? It was going to church, feeling free to shake a hand and give a hug. It was gett...

Marie Davis always had a smile on her face and a little chuckle in her heart. She left quite the impression on this pastor and my wife, Linda. 

An Interview with Aimee Murphy, Client Advocate for Daybreak Ministries   F O R  3 0  Y E A R S , Aimee Murphy has served in a variety of ways with Daybreak Ministries (a faith-based pregnancy medical clinic). Her favorite, though, has been through serving as a Client Advocate. Aimee believes she’s living out her faith in Christ by being invol...

How praying over every room, lifted anxious heart.  I was a city girl all my life until we moved to the country, an hour north of the town we had called home for over 25 years. We traded the sound of sirens for no sound at all, unless cock-a-doodle-doos count. Civilization, (aka Starbucks), was now a forty-five-minute round-trip instead of fi...

God is always moving His story forward. He’s continuously transforming His people into something beautiful and everlasting. He invites us to move forward with Him, surrendering to His molding and shaping as He is redeeming, restoring, and making all things new. Being engaged with Him and His work means we are constantly marching into unfamiliar territory—expanding our borders for His glory.

I don’t know about you, but I love a vacation. Whether it’s for a day or a week, at home or out of town, I love to simply unplug and get away from the mundane. We all dream of taking a vacation, but many of you may think it is not in the budget right now. That may be true, but before you give up on the concept all-together, let me share some vac...

It was time. Time to turn the page, ending the chapter of my career as a financial assistant to begin the next chapter of my life—retirement. Retiring was not easy. Like so many others, I struggled with what to do with my time. For years my hands typed, shuffled papers, receipts, columns, and ledgers to produce good work, and now my hands ached ...