Rubel Shelly reminds us about God's enfolding peace in the middle of life's worse storms and that this has been true for centuries.
05/16/2015 by Rubel Shelly
Stacy Voss is trying to prepare our hearts for advent and the coming of Jesus by asking us to gather in pungent and hard to smell things.
12/19/2014 by Stacy Voss
Death means the end of everything if you are not a Christian. It is the beginning of everything if you are.
10/22/2014 by Steve Ridgell
Tom Norvell reminds us that there are a lot of questions in life that we cannot get answers to; but more than answers, we need God's presence.
08/08/2014 by Tom Norvell
Dying and death come at inconvenient times, interrupting life. Yet, I have become convinced it is at precisely those times that one can see firsthand Christian Graces. Walking with the real people as death interrupts their living, by listening, preparing
08/06/2014 by Bill Brant
May such tragedies never come your way. But should they come, please remember these thoughts. A child who dies leaves a world of strife, finding a place of rest. We can't bring them back, but we can live our lives in such a way that we will go to them.
07/30/2014 by Tim Archer
Preaching my Dad's funeral taught me important lessons about my own life... and my own death.
06/18/2014 by Steve Ridgell
Phil Ware reminisces about his father's death and the years that have gone by and the reasons things happen and how we will know it all at the end of the Road, just like Amy Grant sings.
06/02/2014 by Phil Ware
Michele Howe shares with us a poignant story of a woman caregiver and the loss of a client, or patient, and friend, and how it wipes her out and discourages her until she finds a way to bless this friend and her family and goes to the Father in prayer.
05/30/2014 by Michele Howe
If you believe in life on this earth, then you must believe in life after death because scripture talks about both. If you believe in Heaven, then you must believe in Hell. And if you believe that God wants all of his people to go to Heaven, then you have
05/28/2014 by Bill Brant
Heather Gray shares a devotional on death and love and the power of God through it all for families who are deployed in harms way and she speaks with the authenticity of someone who knows because her husband David Gray was killed in Afghanistan.
05/26/2014 by Heather Gray
Lisa Mikitarian shares from current events and from her own experience about the grief and sorrow those we love face and how to help them -- support them, come alongside of them to support, care, and love them.
05/16/2014 by Lisa Mikitarian
Phil Ware shares some thoughts on the soldiers who gambled over Jesus' garments as he died and then later came to faith.
04/18/2014 by Phil Ware
Phil Ware writes on this day after Palm Sunday about Jesus' ultimate destination in Jerusalem, with the triumphal entry, the conflict with the leaders, and his betrayal, death, and resurrection.
04/14/2014 by Phil Ware
Phillip Morrison writes about Cristo Redentor, Christ the Redeemer, the statue and the work of Jesus, about the principle of redemption, and how Jesus saves us and redeems us.
04/13/2014 by Phillip Morrison
Teresa Bell Kindred reminds us of the importance of growing deep roots of faith by the waters of God's grace.
04/12/2014 by Teresa Bell Kindred
Phil Ware takes a weird note in his inbox and uses Johnny Cash and his comebacks to remind us that Jesus gives us the ultimate comeback, he forgives, purifies, and heals.
03/24/2014 by Phil Ware
We live in a hard world and then we die. The world sees this as bad news getting worse. The Christian sees it as bad news getting better.
10/16/2013 by Steve Ridgell
Phillip Morrison reminds us that our assurance is based on what God does and has done in Jesus, not what we can accomplish for God!
09/26/2013 by Phillip Morrison
Phil Ware completes his two article series on being strong and courageous and being ready to see God do great things among us.
09/02/2013 by Phil Ware
Phil Ware reminds us of the simple, yet powerful words found in the hard story of Jesus' birth and Herod's attempt to murder him at Bethlehem -- But Herod came to an end.
08/27/2013 by Phil Ware
Phil Ware reminds us that Joshua 1 and God's famous charge to Joshua to be strong and courageous is as much a promise and faithfulness from God as it is commitment and trust from us.
08/19/2013 by Phil Ware
God offers each of us a pardon, the chance to have our sins blotted out. We can escape the death sentence that sin has placed on us. We can be forgiven. Or we can ignore God's offer and pay the penalty for what we've done.
08/14/2013 by Tim Archer
I overheard a seven year old ask the question that many of us wonder about: Am I going to die?
08/07/2013 by Steve Ridgell
If you can control nature, your health, and your behavior… then you may not need Jesus.
07/24/2013 by Steve Ridgell