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...

Time to Take a Devotional Break: God’s Wisdom

Close your eyes and picture the smartest person you know — someone who embodies wisdom and common sense, a giver of great...

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 for a Devotional Break: Pure in our own Eyes

Mirrors are interesting things. Sometimes, these inanimate objects bring great joy as they reflect our image wearing a memorable...