Author: Susan Rose “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” Matthew 5:3 Over the last several years, I’ve given much thought and soul-searching to the visceral experience of self-inflation and...

Author: Diana Shellenberger “In a world where every lie has currency, is not anxiety the more real and the more human reaction? Now anxiety is the mark of spiritual insecurity. . . . And there is a far worse anxiety, a far worse...

by Pedro S. Silva II   Genesis 1:26 Then God said, “Let us make humankind in our image, according to our likeness; Ephesians 5:1-2 Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children, and live in love, as Christ loved...

Author: Nancy Wade Children’s children are a crown to the aged, and parents are the pride of their children. Proverbs 17:6 As a busy single mother in the 1990’s, I was fortunate to live close to my own mother who had been widowed...

Author: Ed Hall “Why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?”  Matthew 7: 3 Scott Jeffrey describes the shadow as “the dark side of our personality because it...

Author: Kathy Dansky “Remember that I have commanded you to be determined and confident! Do not be afraid or discouraged, for I, the Lord your God, am with you wherever you go.” (Joshua 1:9) For my 70th birthday, I decided to...

Author: Carolyn Gard  In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. Genesis 1:1 While looking for a Bible verse to go with one of my devotionals, I decided I could simply look it up on the Internet. I found an appropriate...

Author: Karen Hoover For every thing there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven. Ecclesiastes 3:1 We had the opportunity in September to live in the mountains above Nederland in a small cabin that we have rented...

If I ever lose my hands…. I won't have to work no more, and if I ever lose my eyes…. I won't have to cry no more, and if I ever lose my legs…. I won't have to walk no more, and if I ever lose my mouth…. I won't have to...

Author: Amy Ostwald Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but that very Spirit intercedes with sighs too deep for words. 27 And God, who searches the heart, knows what is the mind of...