Author: Nancy Stevens   You can’t find firm footing in a swamp, but life rooted in God stands firm    Proverbs 12:3   My grandparents had a cotton farm near the Four Hole Swamp in South Carolina. We had moved up...

Author -Rick Kron   “It seems to me that the good Lord in his infinite wisdom gave us three things to make life bearable: hope, jokes, and dogs.  But the greatest of these was dogs.”     -Robyn Davidson, Australian writer...

Betsy Barrett Ephesians 3:17 May Christ dwell in your hearts through faith, as you are being rooted and grounded in love. In my teens I struggled to understand God and wanted to know how to find God. In my struggles I finally sat...

Author: Julie Graf Frye   I part the out-thrusting branches and come in beneath the blessed and the blessing trees. Though I am silent there is singing around me. Though I am dark there is vision around...

Author: Eric Malmborg The new year is a time to create resolutions or goals to focus on. It is a time to make sure we’re doing all we can to improve our physical or financial health. As a member of the committee on the Ministry of...

Author: Diana Shellenberger   “They will know we are Christians by our love.” Traditional hymn based on John 13:35   Some people who call themselves Christians have substituted the love the hymn praises for love...

Author: Larry Dansky Praise God the construction worker, who builds up the city.                Praise God the social worker, who heals the brokenhearted.                Praise God the nurse, who...

Author: Nancy Wade   When they saw the star, they were overjoyed. On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts...

Author: Carolyn Gard Two weeks ago, we remembered the assassination of President Kennedy. Like many people my age, I remember where I was when I heard the news (teaching first grade) and the next few days being tied to the television....