My wife and I are embarking on a new journey, one that we feel compelled by God to undertake, and would like to know if you and your church family might be interested in what we are proposing to do. We are offering all of the wisdom and years of experience that we have in the area of helping families grow in the Lord and prosper via what we are calling Faith and Family Seminars and Conferences....
Read MoreThere is a story in Mark 2 about four people who labored in love to get a friend sick of the palsy up on a rooftop and down to Jesus. Their labor of love was rewarded with the miraculous healing of their friend. But the thing that struck me most while I was reading that story was the human element that I think we can so often overlook. You see, God never does anything by accident and I believe...
Read MoreWhy should a lady attend the Faith and Family Ladies’ Bible Study hosted by yours truly that meets on Thursday mornings at 8:15 am at our HB Junior High chapel, especially when our lives are sooo busy already? For several very good reasons: (1). Women have a lot of issues and need a means of asking questions and talking their issues out. (2). Women tend to feel alone in their struggles. They...
Read MoreYears ago I was running a sports league and ministry for sailors from Great Lakes Naval base when one weekend a boy came down to play who had a really bad attitude and simply would not cooperate with anything that we were trying to do. Because of the type of program we ran, we kept the boys with us the whole weekend. Our family and other families would take the boys into our homes, keep them...
Read MoreThere is a very familiar story in the Book of Luke of how four men helped an invalid man to Jesus. They went to great measures to lower him through a roof-top down to where Jesus was. In this story Jesus heals the man and at the conclusion of the narrative this verse appears, Luke 5:26 “And they were all amazed, and they glorified God, and were filled with fear, saying, We have seen...
Read More"Ashley, do you realize that in just a few short months you will no longer be a child?" "Mom, what are you talking about?" "You’re turning thirteen. Just think! You’re leaving your childhood behind. Ashley, you will never pass this way again." "Mom, please." "This is such a heartbreak! Oh, grief, sadness! I’m too young for...
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