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SO FAR BEYOND US Four reminders of the vastness of our God. by Amy Gannett Every time late winter rolls around, I get the itch to go on vacation. I don’t know if it’s the reality that the holiday excitement has finally worn off, or that I’m tired of making the same meals week after […]

I. Need. Wisdom. by Cynthia Hopkins Because I’m not as smart as I think I am. I need wisdom. I remember having that thought when I was a high school student trying to decide where I should go to college. It made its way to the surface again while I was attending that college, choosing […]

Who doesn’t love a Coke? For decades, we were happy with Coca-Cola in its 6.5-ounce bottle. In the 1960s, the 12-ounce can was introduced. So if 6.5 ounces of Coke was great, then 12 ounces would be even better! Your love for Coke got even better in the 1990s with the even larger 20-ounce bottle. […]

Not in Vain In the wee hours of the morning, I’d given birth to a stillborn daughter. by Betty Hassler EASTER DAY DAWNED cold and gloomy. A light rain had begun to fall. My pastor husband, Sim, had planned to deliver the Easter message at our church’s sunrise service, to be followed later by his […]

Constant Pray without ceasing. by Dawn Sherill-Porter “Pray constantly” (1 Thess. 5:17). This verse from Thessalonians isn’t obscure; most of us have heard it and, without doubt, most of us have wondered how to live out Paul’s directive. Paul was proud of the believers in Thessalonica and their growth in the Lord. He wrote them […]

That Longing Inside Homesickness might tell us more about our future than we realize. by Patrick & Ruth Schwenk WE HAD BEEN LIVING in Bryan, Ohio, for only about a year when we decided to take a drive to Toledo, Ohio, a city we had lived in for nearly 10 years. We wanted to see […]