Category: Devotional

Donna, Joan and the Rest of Us

I was new at the Women’s Bible Study as someone shared a prayer request: “Pray for Donna, Joan’s sister who has cancer.” That’s how I first heard Donna’s name. She was the sister of Joan, the woman who usually led the […] 

Instruction Manual for Life

The responsibility of a faithful steward is to care for the resources entrusted to him by investing and using those resources in accordance with the wishes of the owner. The greater and more complicated the resources, the longer the owner’s […] 

The Hope of Eternity

My son will turn two in September. He likes to play in the mud, wrestle, and chase our family’s dogs with a toy shovel, laughing as he swings it. Recently, the boy’s grandmother showed up at our home with the […] 

Remember Our Hope

“So I will always remind you of these things, even though you know them and are firmly established in the truth you now have. I think it is right to refresh your memory as long as I live in the […] 

Power of a Praying Parent

Missionary Linda Bengtson recently posted this on her Facebook timeline: This is a well used book! I have driven my sons/my son to school almost every day for the past five years. After dropping them/him off, I usually pull into […] 

Prayer: Off the Top of My Head

“I like your hat.” Our tiny neighbor, face framed with ringlets, was walking to the park with her mother; I was mowing the lawn on a brisk April morning. “It’s my Norwegian ski hat.” She looked at me intently. “It […] 

Operation Overlord

In 1935 Adolph Hitler had illusions of conquering the world. Hitler was not the first to try. There had been many before him—the Romans, the Babylonians, the Mongolians, the Assyrians. But before them all, and possibly behind them all, there […] 

Family Matters – May 2012

Do you have a Living Trust? If you have talked with anyone about estate planning you have most likely been asked that question. There are good reasons for having a Living Trust. A Living Trust splits up ownership of your […] 

Without the Holy Spirit

We don’t talk too much about the Holy Spirit. Perhaps it’s because we are so very conscious of the Holy Spirit’s stated role. John 15:26 and John 16:13-14, for example, make it clear that the Holy Spirit wants to draw […] 

When God Comes Down

JOHN 2:13-17 When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple courts he found men selling cattle, sheep and doves, and others sitting at tables exchanging money. So he made a whip […] 

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