Fresh Hope

With Christians and non-Christians alike, challenging circumstances tend to turn us inward. We grit our teeth and hope the challenges end sooner rather than later. Not my dear friend Mary White—read how her prayers took her from grim resignation to a plac ...

Glad Bags

  Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about what happens to you. 1 Pt 5:7 NLT   My mornings begin with a very large cup of coffee (so large that my family calls it a tankard) and a sit-down session with Jesus. He is my num ...

Counting On God, Part 17 – 04/10/12

We concluded our series this week by finishing up the account of David recorded in 2 Samuel 5. Like David, we have areas where we are spiritually strong and areas where we are weak. David's weaknesses did not exclude him from being used by God! God allowe ...

Counting On God, Part 10 – 01/24/12

This was the first week of our second semester. We continued learning to count on God as we saw His desire for us to be fruitful, productive and to walk in newness of life. We talked about the difference between the world's definition of fruitfulness/prod ...

Counting On God, Part 9 – 11/15/11

We ended our Fall 2011 semester learning about what true love looks like. We remained in John 15 with our focus on verses 7-11 which remind us that we were made to bear much fruit as we abide in the love of Christ. We are conduits of God's love and glory. ...