Pastor Creates Homes for Forgotten Children Worldwide

This story is about a group of people who live in my small, Midwestern town whose vision is world-wide. Their work to help poor, neglected children around the world is phenomenal. Information to contribute to this ministry is listed at the end of the article. Please consider helping them. ** Twenty-seven million people in the world are... Continue Reading →

Restoration by God Is Possible—and Awesome!

Photo by Dave Reusser “So He brought him back to Jerusalem …"  -- II Chron. 33:12 (NIV)             As a teenager, Frank rebelled against family rules, smoked, drank, and rarely attended church. Then someone dared Frank to go on a European missions trip. Thinking it would be neat to visit another country, Frank went. Through Polish Christians,... Continue Reading →

Married Couple Resigns Professional Careers To Help Kids in Haiti

This is an inspiring story of a married couple who is willing to give up their home, careers, families and surroundings to help kids in need. They will move in February 2013. Information about how to help support the Aschlimans is at the end of the article. Prayerfully consider helping them with their financial needs.... Continue Reading →

Parenting Isn’t for Cowards

  Photo by Dave Reusser He did much evil in the eyes of the Lord …   II Chron 33:6 (NIV)             King Hezekiah surely could have used some parenting advice when it came to raising Manasseh. Talk about a juvenile delinquent! Once Hezekiah died and Manasseh became king, nothing was sacred throughout the land. For... Continue Reading →

Baffling Logic

    Acts 9: 20-31   ‘Yet Saul … baffled Jews living in Damascus by proving that Jesus is the Christ.’ --Acts 9:22 (NIV)               If geometry had existed during Paul’s time, I’ll bet he would have been good at it.  Proving things is at the heart of geometry and Paul was good at this.... Continue Reading →

Loneliness has its advantages

For three days he was blind and did not eat or drink anything. Acts 9:9 (NIV) The first day of journalism class during my freshman year of college, I sat alone. Everyone else in the class already knew how to write for the newspaper, having taken the class in the fall. They also knew each... Continue Reading →

Go boldly where no man has gone before for God

My advice to beginning writers is the same as ever : Never Give Up! This devo may inspire you to keep on trying even when it seems like a hopeless cause. In the 1960s the television program Star Trek used as part of its introduction to each show the phrase "to boldly go where no... Continue Reading →

Ministering to Others

  ‘Do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others.’ (Philippians 2:4, New American Standard Bible) Paul gripped the jail cell’s window bars and looked outside despairingly. He hadn’t meant to get caught selling cocaine. Now he was in prison for who knows how long.  He had... Continue Reading →

Overcoming Holiday Blues

This story has been posted on my blog in other years but it is such a timely subject that I wanted to share it again. It originally was published in The Lookout Magazine. Since then, we have lost my father-in-law. Losing a loved one is never easy, but enduring it at the holidays is harder.... Continue Reading →

Watching our Words

“He does not evil to his neighbor...” Ps. 15: 3   Our Ladies Bible Study had concluded and Helen slipped into the ladies’ room. As we gathered our purses and Bibles, Alexa asked, “Has anyone seen Tom Mitchell’s house recently?” Several of us who knew the man with a slovenly yard shook our heads. Alexa... Continue Reading →

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