By Matthew Henson Light the First and Second Advent candle Read John 14:25-27, “I have said these things to you while I am still with you. But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything and remind you of all that I have said to […]
By Stephen Rankin Lamentations 3:21-25 Advent Devotion Light the first Advent candle as you read Lamentations 3:21-25 The Christian faith is full of paradox. We gain life by losing it. We live by dying. We receive through giving. This passage from Lamentations shows the same paradox. The writer’s circumstances are extremely difficult. Jerusalem lies in […]
By Guy C. Ames I love the picture that David paints of God’s care for us. Clearly as he writes this psalm he has come through a difficult time and has “come out on top.” I love seeing God’s delivering hand at work. In my early ministry I would invite my congregation to share their […]
By Gary Wheeler Director, Mountaineer Christian Ashram I mentioned in my previous article that I am a private pilot, flying off and on for 23 years. I love the experience of soaring over God’s magnificent and beautiful creation, as well as the challenge of doing it all safely. As Brother John Davis will tell you, […]
by Matthew Henson 2 Corinthians 9:6-15 How is your GQ? – Your “generosity quotient”? Paul wrote this letter nearly 30 years after Easter Sunday, Jesus’ resurrection and the birth of the Christian Church. The Jerusalem Church, the Mother Church of Christianity had fallen into deep poverty and famine had swept the region. An emergency appeal […]
By Brian Shimer War. The word alone evokes horrible images, images made even more graphic by the terrorist’s practice of filming themselves in atrocities and posting them. Ukraine and Russia are still at war. Israel and Palestine are at war. Everyone knows someone closely impacted —family members, friends, missionaries, and relatives — while we live […]
by Brother Wade Paschal “And he told them a parable, saying, “The land of a rich man produced plentifully, and he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?’ And he said, ‘I will do this: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and there […]
by Brother Tom Albin “After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them on ahead of him in pairs to every town and place where he himself intended to go. He said to them, ‘The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers […]
Written by: Matthew Henson Over the past few years, my daughter, Sarafina has talked about wanting to plant a garden at our house. Through an initiative of our local Farm Bureau and 4-H, she received some seeds to plant and one of the 4-H leaders came to help her. As Sarafina and Debbie planted the […]
Expansive Fellowship by Brother Steve Rankin In 1 John 1:3, we find this word: “What we have seen and heard, we also announce it to you so that you can have fellowship with us” (CEB). To draw people together in Christ. To hold him in common. To orient our lives around Christ and, as the […]
