Sherry Ivy: Giving God thanks always for all things
As we enter the Thanksgiving season, we have so much to thank God for.
Jabe Nicholson: The door marked “exit”
If there’s one thing we learn from detective novelists, it’s that there are endless ways to shuffle off this mortal coil, as Hamlet would say. But even they would be unwilling to use these stranger-than-fiction departures in their books.
Andrew McLarty: The spiritual wisdom of ‘letting go’
The trees will soon begin to empty themselves.
Sherry Ivy: There is power in the words you speak
The words we speak have the power to build people up or tear them down.
Andrew McLarty: All Saints’ Day: the time to remember and rejoice
As the pumpkins on porches are snuffed out and the last of the candy wrappers are swept away, the Christian calendar invites us into something deeper than the sugar rush of Halloween.
Sherry Ivy: God is a promise keeper
God has the ability and power to fulfill every promise He makes to us. We can have absolute confidence in Him to do what He says He will do because He’s a promise keeper. His timing is always perfect, and His promises will surely come to pass in our lives.
Andrew McLarty: All Saints’ Day: The time to remember and rejoice
As the pumpkins on porches are snuffed and the last of the candy wrappers are swept away, the Christian calendar invites us into something deeper than the sugar rush of Halloween. Nov. 1 marks All Saints’ Day, a feast day when the church pauses to remember those who have gone before us in faith – both the famous and the familiar, the canonized saints and the quiet heroes who shaped our own stories.
Jabe Nicholson: How are the mighty fallen
The title reflects King David’s lament when he learned that Jonathan and Saul had been slain by the Philistines on the slopes of Mount Gilboa.
Sherry Ivy: You’re too blessed to be stressed
God has abundantly blessed all of us, and we have no need to allow stress to take control of our lives.
Jabe Nicholson: Righteous Gentiles?
I had little interest in touring Bible lands. I’d seen too many slideshows by those with no idea what they saw, confessing, “I ran where Jesus walked.”
Andrew McLarty: Is God’s future shaping your present?
What if the most powerful force in our lives isn’t an awkward or painful memory from the past, but a vision of the future? As a community of faith, we, the church, have been given a breathtaking vision of God’s future — a kingdom pictured as a joyous banquet where every seat is filled, laughter overflows and no one is left standing outside in the darkness.
Sherry Ivy: The spiritual seasons of life
There are all kinds of spiritual seasons in life we will have to go through. Some are easier than others. If you examined your life right now, what season would you say you are currently experiencing?
Jabe Nicholson: Aiming at nothing
The Pacific Garden Mission, founded in 1877 on the notorious Whiskey Row in Chicago’s South Loop, is the oldest continuously-serving rescue mission in America.
Sherry Ivy: The favor of God is on your life
As Children of God, we have the favor of God on our lives because He has granted it to us.
Andrew McLarty: In a world of noise, you have permission to wonder
A quiet voice from the past recently surfaced amid the clutter of my Facebook feed: a video clip of the late Fred Rogers. In it, he offered a gentle admonition that feels more urgent now than when he spoke it over thirty years ago.
Jabe Nicholson: Fickle fortune
Not long after crossing from Louisiana into Mississippi on Highway 969, near Pinckneyville, you’ll find a monument to fickle fortune.
Sherry Ivy: Call God’s 911 emergency hotline
God’s lines to Heaven are open to us twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.
Andrew McLarty: Finding faith in fantasy: Why stories like Narnia still matter
In our world of endless streaming and entertainment, it’s easy to dismiss fantasy stories as mere escapism.
Jabe Nicholson: Out of the blue
“You rang, m’lord?” This doesn’t refer to a phone call. It was the response of household servants when summoned by a bell.
Andrew McLarty: Starting something new
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