Over twenty years ago, my husband and I found a beautiful lighted cross to put on top of our Christmas tree. We would put our manger scene at the foot of the tree each year. The first Christmas we had the cross on the tree; Jim was sitting in his…
Read moreThere I stood on the riverbank of the Tellico River, totally enthralled by the glow of the setting sun. It’s luminescence created a pageantry of translucent colors dancing on the trees. The slow moving waters below mirrored the splendor until a gentle breeze captivated some of the dancers and whirled…
Read moreLast night we did something different at church. We took our worship outside of the box, in fact, we took our worship OUTSIDE! That’s right, on a cold fall night, while most churches around the country have done away with evening worship services, we built a fire and held a…
Read more9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake. 10 And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. 11 And many false prophets shall rise,…
Read moreMy thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,” says the Lord. “And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine. For just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so my ways are higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts. ~ Isaiah 55:8-9 (NLT) The…
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