Time to Take a Devotional Break: Relevant
If you have ever felt irrelevant, you’re not alone. Inconsequential. Insignificant. Unnecessary. The opposite of what we...
Area Christmas services and events
Wreaths Across America
A special wreath ceremony honoring veterans will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 23, at...
A Joyful Noise: What a Day
Happy National Ballpoint Pen Day.
Hungarian inventor Laszlo Biro patented the pen in Argentina on this day 80 years...
Time for a Devotional Break: What’s in Your Hand?
A well-known song from the 1960s extolled the virtue of everyone living their life MY WAY. Despite possible misunderstandings, the singer crooned...
A Joyful Noise: The Anguish of Anger
I pity a person I’ve never met.
I don’t know his—or her—real name; he or she uses the name...
Time to Take a Devotional Break: The Unwanted Gift
It happens to all of us — we receive a gift we never requested, wanted, or imagined. Whether an item of clothing...
A Joyful Noise: Persecution Still Lives Part 2
At the beginning of each year, the organization Open Doors, which serves persecuted Christians worldwide, releases its...
A Joyful Noise: Songs of the Season
In 1990, David Foster and Linda Thompson crafted their now-famous “grown-up Christmas list.”
And through the song they wrote,...
Time to Take a Devotional Break: Faith’s Warranty
“They don’t make ‘em like they used to.”
You’ve probably said (or at least heard) this phrase at one...
A Joyful Noise: Spring Break to Remember
In February, a company specializing in travel insurance polled 3,250 customers about their spring break plans, and according to the results, people...