Rubel Shelly challenges us with an old story to be people of truth and respect even in the most dire and painful circumstances and treat people with the same ethical respect we would expect ourselves.
10/26/2009 by Rubel Shelly
Phil Ware talks about Nathan's rebuke of David using a shepherding story, the use of shepherd imagery to describe God, and the call of God's leaders to be shepherds to the people of God.
10/22/2009 by Phil Ware
Tom Norvell reminds of how beautiful it will be to hear "Well done!" from the Lord and how important it is for us to say it to each other until his coming.
10/11/2009 by Tom Norvell
Phil Ware shares a personal storm in his life and the story of Jesus walking on the water to remind us and help us think about Jesus coming to us in the storms of our lives.
10/08/2009 by Phil Ware
Tom Norvell reminds us to express our thanks to those who have blessed our lives and give us joy and thanksgiving when we remember them.
09/27/2009 by Tom Norvell
Phil Ware reminds that God still has the whole world in his hands and he can get us out of our ruts and break through the barriers that hold us captive to boredom and sameness.
09/24/2009 by Phil Ware
Phil Ware talks about weird neighbors and who God has sent us to hear so we can lead them to Christ.
09/03/2009 by Phil Ware
Phil Ware talks about the events in the miracle stories that happen after the spectacle of the miracle takes place, the things that put people back into fellowship, community, and normalcy -- the way things were.
08/27/2009 by Phil Ware
Ron Rose reminds us that a few words and our physical presence can make all the difference in the life of someone else, just like Al Ware made a difference in Ron's life.
08/25/2009 by Ron Rose
Rubel Shelly talks about the try it before you buy idea, the test drive mentality, that infests the idea about marriage in modern society and he boils the problem down to selfishness.
08/24/2009 by Rubel Shelly
Ron Rose talks about layers in photography and layers in our lives, and emphasizes that the layers are where God's transformation takes place.
08/10/2009 by Ron Rose
Phil Ware continues his LifeWORDS series and shares Jesus' Great Commission as a call to incarnational ministry and not just evangelism.
08/06/2009 by Phil Ware
Rick Brown continues his family unique series and tries to help us understand that we have to stop and let our families rest sometimes along the way.
07/21/2009 by Rick Brown
Rick Brown reminds us that we need to have a plan to negotiate the road that lies ahead for us and for our family and it is called the Genealogical Planning Strategy.
07/08/2009 by Rick Brown
Lisa Mikitarian reflects on the passing of her husband's kidney stone and is caught up in the pain of two more passings.
06/29/2009 by Lisa Mikitarian
Phil Ware continues his series of articles based on Jesus' LifeWORDS, the words he spoke after his resurrection. This week the focus is upon Jesus knowing and predicting he would be crucified and raised and what difference does it make to us today.
06/25/2009 by Phil Ware
Rubel Shelly reminds us that the heart of leadership is not making excuses and helping others get the credit when things go right.
06/22/2009 by Rubel Shelly
Rubel Shelly shares insights on being helpful and how it's part of our being created in the image of God.
06/16/2009 by Rubel Shelly
Ron Rose talks about being an example to others because we are always being watched, especially by those in our own family.
06/15/2009 by Ron Rose
Phil Ware shares a Mothers' Day story of God's grace and the reunion of a family brought together through adoption.
06/05/2009 by Phil Ware
Rubel Shelly reminds us that the real challenge is to be resourceful and take our meager resources and big challenges and put them in the hands of the Living God.
06/01/2009 by Rubel Shelly
Phil Ware talks about making God touchable and how we share the touch of Jesus with others.
05/28/2009 by Phil Ware
Russ Lawson shares some insight into why we put off being happy and worrying about tomorrow.
05/18/2009 by Russ Lawson
Patrick Odum talks about how we are all called to be ministers and challenges us to imagine church lived that way.
05/05/2009 by Patrick D. Odum
God gathers broken things and puts them back together, including broken people.
04/22/2009 by Kay Talley