My husband and I were out walking by a large pond in our neighborhood. We live in the Low country of South Carolina and our ponds are full of alligators as well as other reptiles and amphibians....

When my children were small we lived on the marsh in southeast Georgia. Our backyard overlooked the eighth fairway in Osprey Cove, a neighborhood located in St. Mary’s Georgia. Our home had a large, two-story window in...

They will have no fear of bad news; their hearts are steadfast, trusting in the LORD.  Psalm 112:7 NIV The diagnosis comes. It’s devastating: a year, possibly two, maybe as many as 5 at best. Now what?...

By Mary Southerland— Today’s Truth Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we...

By Arlene Pellicane— Today’s Truth  “Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope…” (Lamentations 3:21, NIV).  Friend to Friend  Wouldn’t it be amazing to have a hope button? Something you could just press when you...

By Mary Southerland— Today’s Truth Therefore encourage one another and build each other up (1 Thessalonians 5:11). Friend to Friend The red bird gently landed on the tree branch in front of the kitchen window.  Carla gasped...

By Mary Southerland— Today’s Truth Therefore encourage one another and build each other up (1 Thessalonians 5:11, NIV). Friend to Friend Like all relationships, the marriage relationship has a certain dynamic. If one person changes, then the...

By Mary Southerland— Today’s Truth So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another (Romans 12:5). Friend to Friend Sometimes it is the little things that really get to me....

By Mary Southerland− Today’s Truth Your love has given me great joy and encouragement, because you, brother, have refreshed the hearts of the saints (Philemon 1:7, NIV). Friend to Friend I recently read about an African tribe...

By Sharon Jaynes− Today’s Truth Gracious words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body (Proverbs 16:24 ESV). Friend to Friend I was wandering around the tourist area of the Leaning Tower...

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,...

By Pamela V. Carmichael− Have you had one of those days or weeks lately when nothing seems to go right? Have you felt like your life hasn’t been going as you’d hoped, dreamed, prayed for and worked...

By Pamela Carmichael – Now when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines went up to search for David. And David heard of it and went down to the stronghold. The...

By Barbara Franzen – Whenever I think of Flory, a peculiar woman of eccentricities, my spirit soars. My 50’s childhood was spent just outside a tiny Nebraska prairie town. Of the 350 some people, I knew everyone....

By Deborah Smith Pegues – I’ve just returned from an event where I, along with nine other speakers, pitched our three-minute television segment proposal to 15 producers from network affiliates across the nation. It was a grueling...

By Lori Kempton – I had a lady tell me the other day that since she’s getting older in life, she just doesn’t feel as useful as she used to feel in her younger days.  She said...