By Brother Guy Ames After months of uncertain diagnosis, we waited the weekend to hear about a biopsy. The times we wait for “news” can be distressing. During times of uncertainty, loss or distress, we can feel such weight, especially while we wait. Waiting on God or taking the situation into our own hands, that’s […]
By Sister Donna Bell Sanders Years ago, I studied the Psalms intently and personalized them in my own words. Psalm 91 was particularly grounding to me, especially when I went through the grief of losing my father. Happy is the person who stays in the shelter of the Most High – who lives under the […]
By Brother Guy C. Ames My Favorite Psalm 16: I SHALL NOT BE MOVED, Looking forward to my retirement, my wife and I planned to travel, visit family, and see the country when significant health issues interrupted our plans. After several years with such, I must confess to some discouragement. Then God called to mind […]
By Brother Gary Pope-Sears In November of 2000, I attended the memorial service of my father-in-law. During the service, my brother-in-law stood up to sing Amazing Grace. As he sang, his voice began to falter, overwhelmed by emotion. As his voice faded, others among us took up the tune and helped him sing that great […]
By Sister Jan Beville “I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the Lord. I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the Lord!” I’m pretty sure that was the second song that I learned when I was a child, the […]
By Brother Matthew Henson Several years ago, our friend and former church member, Rhonda called me. Her and her family moved to Georgia about the time my family had made the obedient step into full-time mission and evangelism. Rhonda’s husband, Rob, was being placed on hospice. He was dying from cancer at the age of […]
By Sister Cheryl Jacobs I have previously shared about my favourite Psalm, but at my local Christian Ashram, held recently, I was in the prayer vigil room and the person before me had left the Bible open at Psalm 103. I was drawn to read this psalm then and through subsequent visits to the prayer […]
By Brother Guy Ames This psalm of David comes from the time he was running from King Saul, during the time he sought advice and refuge for himself, his family, and his men. Saul, obsessed with finding and killing David, reached a near crescendo as he had the priest, Ahimelech, his family, all his priestly […]
By Brother Brian Shimer What has captured your delight? The energy of your heart? The focus of your life? What do you talk about wherever you go? Therein might be a clue. This was the subject captivating the author of the first Psalm. But, the author of Psalm 1 does not begin with […]
Words of Encouragement: The Lord Is My Shepherd By Brother Guy Ames Have you ever visited a shepherd? Have you ever seen sheep sheared? Have you ever watched a sheep dog work a flock of sheep? Have you heard the bleating cries of lambs during lambing season? Sheep, Shepherds & wool have been part of […]
