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your version of joy

Posted by tom felten on August 28th, 2010 | no responses
So I was surfing the Web when the words of an online banner ad caught my eye. “Find your version of happiness now.” Interesting, huh? The fine print in the ad explained that it was for Personals—... read more »

Your kingdom come

Posted by k.t. sim on August 14th, 2010 | 4 responses
When Jesus taught the disciples how to pray (Matthew 6:9-13), the Jews were under Roman rule. God had promised them a deliverer—the Messiah. A Jew praying, “May Your kingdom come soon” (v.10) would... read more »

this Christmas child

Posted by sheridan voysey on December 24th, 2009 | 7 responses
Watch Him. Watch Him. Watch this Child, who grows into a boy, who grows into a man and is found to be so much more.

Watch as He is born—among shepherds and angels and bright lights... read more »

fear at Christmas

Posted by tim gustafson on December 11th, 2009 | one response
A glance through the headlines sets off a warning siren in our collective soul. One country, reeling from years of civil war, reports more than 2,000 civilians killed in 2 months. No tribe, no nation,... read more »

the love song of God

Posted by sheridan voysey on November 6th, 2009 | one response
It’s Saturday afternoon at Birkenhead Point, a small park on the Parramatta River in Sydney, Australia. Parents play with their toddlers, seagulls fight over fish-and-chip wrappers, and my wife and I... read more »

what we wear

Posted by tom felten on October 23rd, 2009 | 2 responses
I once knew a guy who liked to say, “The clothes make the man.” He dressed impeccably and enjoyed strutting into meetings in his fine-tailored trappings. Sadly, his personal and professional life later... read more »

a mighty fortress

Posted by k.t. sim on October 21st, 2009 | one response
You might know of Martin Luther as the father of the Reformation and that he translated the whole Bible into German. But what is less known is that Luther was also a composer of 37 hymns. His best-known... read more »

maranatha

Posted by mike wittmer on August 29th, 2009 | no responses
My children were so excited about their cousins coming over that they rode their bikes to the end of our road in anticipation of their arrival. As I watched them stand sentinel at the top of our hill,... read more »

the future is now (partly)

Posted by winn collier on July 30th, 2009 | 3 responses
Bafaluto, a small village of three hundred in Gambia, was barely surviving. Without access to clean water, the entire population was stuck in a cycle of abject poverty, relentless disease, and hunger—until... read more »

old faithful

Posted by k.t. sim on July 25th, 2009 | one response
Billy Graham preached in person to more people in the 20th century than any other evangelist. He proclaimed the good news to an estimated 100 million during his crusades, with nearly 3 million coming to... read more »
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