By Carole Towriss− Mareth tucked her sons closer to her side and considered the people surrounding the grave. Jerah had been respected, well-liked. A member of the guild of prophets, he had a stellar reputation. The men mourned loudly, appropriately. The wives swarmed around her, blessed her, hugged her. It
By Carole Brewer− Words set to music have influence. Add the power of the Holy Spirit and lives are changed. At an inner-city Thanksgiving Day outreach, the first course on the menu was gospel music. People gathered from the surrounding streets as my fellow musicians and I sang and played
By Rachel Held Evans– . . . by God’s word the heavens came into being and the earth was formed out of water and by water. —2 Peter 3:5 In the beginning, the Spirit of God hovered over water. The water was dark and deep and everywhere, the ancients say,
By Lynn Mosher– “A long time ago,in a galaxyfar, faraway…” …the stars were more visible than they are now, depending, of course, on where you live. When I was still young, skinny, and had energy to burn, I loved lying on a blanket on the grass in the backyard with
By Jeanie Waters– I think the reason that my favorite movies are those movies of personal comebacks is because they tell the story of a real life person that gets their own comeback. They defeat the odds, they go against the status quo and it makes the unbelievable believable. Ultimately
By Lynn Mosher− Would you ever think that something broken could be better, more beautiful, or more valuable? I came across this wonderful process used by the Japanese. Maybe you’ve seen if before. It’s called kintsugi (meaning golden joinery) or kintsukuroi (meaning golden repair). The story has two or so
By Carole Towriss – Lydia pressed her stylus into the wax tablet, marking the number of fresh rolls of purple cloth next to that of the bundles of uncolored fabric. She glanced at the vats of dye, quickly counted them, and added that number as well. Setting the tablet aside,
By Robyn Besemann− When you look in the mirror, what do you see? Do you see wrinkles around the eyes? Do you see tired eyes? Do you see yellowing teeth and tighter lips? Look again. Do you see eyes that have twinkled with the delight of her children, lips that
By Tammy Whitehurst– ‘Wait’ is a tough word to deal with in today’s busy world. I easily become overloaded, overburdened, and go overboard with busyness. I’ve often thought to myself that life would be perfect if bad times had fast forward buttons and good times had pause buttons. I’d also
By Tammy Whitehurst− I can make drawing close to God very difficult. Why do I reject the still small voice in my heart calling me to step out on faith and trust Him? I was a little anxious as I parked and opened the door of my car. I had
By Kim Chaffin – According to the world, outer beauty is most important. We are hit every day with airbrushed women in magazine ads. As young girls, we quickly learn the power that our beauty has over young men. As women, we can use our beauty/womanhood as a powerful weapon
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 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
By Marta Greenman – 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
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
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
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