By Dixie Diamanti– My prayer: “I’ve been in a slump Lord and wondering why I feel bored with my life and finally realizing the One I miss is You. Interesting because I feel You with me all the time. But You are teaching me that if I don’t take the
By Abby Terlecki – As a new grandparent, your new role in the family is to 1) spoil this little one rotten, and 2) be the on-call babysitter. But you’re also an expert resource with decades of hands-on experience, and you can help the new mom and dad transition into
By Carol L. Doyel – This was a very special day for me – Today I was ordained. The service was hosted at Jesus is Supreme Global Outreach Church (JSGO) with Chairman of Full Gospel Assemblies (FGAI), Pastor Simeon Strauser leading the commissioning, and the pastors of JSGO, my Pastor’s wife,
By Rita Schulte – Sixteen months have gone by since my husband took his life one fateful day in November. Ours was the perfect love story, but somewhere along the line things went terribly wrong. My husband got very sick, dissociating from me and from himself. The fairytale ending I
By Diane Gardner – Excerpt from Overcoming the Enemy’s Storms When I in arrived at the hospital in Atlanta, Georgia from California, my daughter-in-law Kisha, was still in the last stages of labor. It was a dry birth so the baby crowned but came no further. With the medication, Kisha’s
Do you want to be successful? I do, but what does success look like? Dictionary.com defines success as, “the accomplishment of one’s goals.”[1] By the world’s standards if a person achieves their personal goal(s), they are successful. Is this the same way God defines success? Joshua 1:8 teaches, “This book
Just the thought of going on a date can be extremely daunting when first dipping your dating toes back in the water. Maybe dating hasn’t been on your agenda for some time, maybe even for many, many years. Is it still called ‘going on a date’ when you are over
By Carol Middlekauff– The Great Commission Jesus said: “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit…” Matthew 28:18–19 (NKJV) (Emphasis
Technology and social media – or social technology seem to be changing faster than we can keep up with. But change is inevitable and like it or not, our children and grandchildren are going to be a techno generation that will have to figure out how to use and manage
By Stanley Popovich – A sure way to overcoming your fears and anxieties is in finding the source of your fears and being able to manage it. In dealing with any kinds of fears or anxieties, it helps to understand the source of your fears and anxieties. Knowing what
By Carol L. Doyel – Yesterday as I was hiking and talking to the Lord as I often do when I’m walking or running – praying, seeking and listening, I was mulling something over that had happened the day before that threw me off, causing me to question my work
By Rita Schulte – Mary had been married six years and had two children when she and her husband first came to see me for counseling. Her husband seemed like a nice enough fellow, but he was getting fed up with the angry outbursts she unleashed on him. Their marriage
By Lynn Mosher− In the chill of the evening, they stroll to the Mount of Olives. Along the way, Jesus talks to the disciples, preparing them for the coming ordeal, and says, “All of you will be made to stumble because of Me this night.” (Matt. 26:31a NKJV) Peter stops
By Kim Chaffin– One night at Bible study we were talking about spiritual battles and a young mom in our group gave a great analogy of what can happen when we let our guard down. Being a picture person, it came through loud and clear to me. I became fixated
By Carole Towriss− Her world had shattered. Jesus was dead. He had been dead for two nights now. The Sabbath was over and she couldn’t sleep, so Mary of Magdala gathered some sweet spices she had bought earlier. Through a blur of tears, she placed them in a basket then
By Bill Clark – For many, Easter egg hunts are a holiday tradition. Kids take to the yard to find colorfully painted eggs filled with sweets and other goodies. This year, have a fun, new type of egg hunt. Need fresh ideas? Try one of these seven creative egg hunts:
By Carol L. Doyel We live in a beautiful part of southern California that according to Google falls into the top 10 of overall nicest climates in the world. We also love the mountains and have a home in central Oregon in a beautiful resort community with hills to the
By Vonda Skelton – I hate tobacco smoke. I hate the way it smells, the way it permeates my clothes and hair, and especially the way it kills. But during a caregiving season of my life, cigarette smoke took on a new and positive role—as a way to communicate with
By Carol L. Doyel – I heard a saying once that I found to be quite provocative and true as I pondered the statement, “we hunger for what we feed on”. The idea is the more we feed on a particular thing, the more we hunger for it. Our appetite
By Lorraine Pestell– At some point in our busy lives, I expect we’ve all asked ourselves the question, “Do I Live to Work, or Work to Live?” This expression is designed to get us thinking about balance in our lives. I am a great believer in the “hare to tortoise
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