Have you ever come across something so striking that it made you pause right where you stood? I had that kind of moment recently at a Christian women’s retreat. In the middle of a lighthearted game, I noticed a simple hand-painted picture—and it stopped me. Not because it was elaborate, ...
One of the Revised Common Lectionary’s Old Testament lessons in June is on Abram and Sarai. If the Lord told you to do something, would you do it if you were 75 years of age? How about if God told you to pack up all your possessions and go where he tells you to go and stay in tents? I ...
ACERRA, Italy (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Saturday greeted one by one families who lost loved ones to illegal toxic dumping in an area near Naples, tied to a multi-billion criminal racket run by the mafia. Many paused to share photographs and other mementos of children and young people who have ...
“I tell you the truth,” [Jesus] said, “this poor widow has put in more than all the others. All these people gave their gifts out of their wealth, but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live on” (Luke 21:3-4 NIV). How serious, how committed to Christ’s Kingdom are we who claim to follow in the footsteps of Jesus Christ? Do we build up “treasures in heaven” that can never be destroyed, or do we build up riches on earth where “moths and rust” will destroy (Matthew 6:20)? Our society, our culture, has become very caught up in serving the gods of the Devil. ...
McCOYSVILLE — Conrad Fisher’s musical journey has taken him from an Amish country upbringing in Pennsylvania to Nashville and back. These days the singer-songwriter has been making videos and recordings of musicians with Amish and Mennonite roots — building audiences well beyond the ...
“On the seventh day God ended His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day…Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made” (Genesis 2:2-3 NKJV). I would never consider myself a ...
