How-to Experience A Joyful Future, God-style

Are you being faced with a difficult future? Most of us experience this at some time. Some of the most difficult can be the loss of loved ones. The gal I write about below was a dear friend whom I miss. My family has also lost loved ones and I admit its painful. Still, I... Continue Reading →

Appearance Isn’t Everything

  Ps 48:1-8v. 2: It is beautiful in its loftiness, the joy of the whole earth.”      NIV             Photo by Dave Reusser He was born in an agricultural community and learned the trade of tinkering from his father. He led a dissolute life until given a Bible. The tinsmith devoured the contents and began preaching. In... Continue Reading →

Calvary Lutheran Church Members Help Students Learn

caption: Pastor Jerry O’Neal of Calvary Lutheran Church in Bluffton is working with his congregation to strengthen its impact on the community.**In December 2012 the editor of the Bluffton (IN) News Banner asked me to begin writing a weekly series of profiles of churches in our area. As a Christian, this was a pleasure to agree... Continue Reading →

Have a Testimony to Share? Do it!

Today’s scripture: 2 Chronicles 33:14-20 Today’s verse: His prayer ... and his entreaty all are written in the records of the seers. -- II Chron. 33:19 (NIV) Testimonies display God’s grace in different ways. My friend Sam believed God didn’t love poor children and so battled a vicious temper. Francis got pregnant at age 16... Continue Reading →

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 →

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 →

Shadow of Death

Photo caption: God provides beauty for our souls to enjoy in the midst of pain.  Even a shadow like that on this flower can be a thing of beauty. Foster Park, Fort Wayne Indiana ** In light of the shooting that occurred this week in one of our nation's elementary schools I thought this devo... 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 →

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