What Now?

Fall Retreat has come and gone.  We prepare for months and now it is finished, or is it.  Today I was pondering this fact, the decorations were excellent, the speakers were superb, the food was delicious, and the altar time was phenomenal.  I...

Faith Builders

God is truly amazing; he cares about every aspect of our lives, even the little things.  Why is this still surprising to me?  This weekend, Mike was flying back to Minneapolis.   He arrived at the Baltimore airport 2 hours before his flight, only to...

Lessons from the Garden

Last year my parents helped me create this amazing garden.  We simply dug up grass and planted flowers.  This was how simple it started.  However, every Saturday I noticed tons of weeds and grass in my garden.  I would pull these every week. ...

Taming the Tongue

Interesting fact scientists consider the tongue the strongest muscle in the body.  It always excites me when I find facts to confirm scripture.  We use our tongue to communicate the words we speak.  The power of life and death is in the tongue. My...

Joy, it is a choice

Joy, what does this word mean?  Webster tells us joy is:  1 a : the emotion evoked by well-being, success, or good fortune or by the prospect of possessing what one desires : Delight  b : the expression or exhibition of such emotion: Gaiety 2 : a state...