Share The Real Church By Martin Schmaltz / a couple of weeks ago In today’s society, if you were to ask “What is a church?” you would receive a myriad of responses. Many will define it in the context of a denomination. Some will speak about a purpose of “saving” the “lost” and preparing ourselves for an eternity in heaven. Still, others view the church as a social […]
Share It’s All In How We View The Storm By Don Doran / 3 weeks ago We might all see the same thing but when we tell what we have seen there will be very few times that two stories are the same. We each view an incident from a different perspective. So is it with the storms of life! We each have a different perspective on each storm. It is […]
Share Our Hearts Desire By Lynne Conley / last month Our Hearts Desire When the angel Gabriel first appeared to Mary, he didn’t explain the plan of God for her life.’’ And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favored, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women” ( Luke 1:28 KJV) The definition for favored is: […]
Share Blessed is the Peacemaker By Lynne Conley / a couple of months ago Barnabas was a resident of Cyprus, a Levite. His parents called him José’s, but the apostles called him Barnabas. He owned some land which he later sold. He gave all of the earnings to the church in Jerusalem. ‘’But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles, and declared unto them how he had […]
Share The Reflection By Monique Bryant / a few months ago When I look into the mirror, The fear begins to rise. For on my face, I see the trace; The reflection never lies. And the memories seem to haunt me, It’s hard to face the truth. While the task to wear another mask; Has been there since my youth. And as I gazed into the looking glass, I […]
Share Are You For REAL? By Sheri Boulet / a few months ago I attended a funeral this week for a man that I deeply cared for. Distance has kept us from becoming as close to him as we would have liked, but we did love him. It grieved me to watch his family deal with the loss, but they did so with grace and strength. As usual, […]
Share Where Have I Been? By Sheri Boulet / a few months ago Where Have I Been? Well, in case there is ANYONE out there wondering where have I been or what has happened to me, my Internet has been down. But, we had a healing service at the house tonight and are back up and running. I have been really preoccupied with life lately, so fixing it […]
Share Computer Lingo By Stephanie Hardesty (Steffanie H. Russ) / 6 months ago So, I’m sitting here with this supposedly high-speed DSL…waiting for the page to reload. It can get rather irritating as I’m sure some of you will agree. In this “instant” world we live in we want everything at the drop of a hat…all the way down to the Internet. While I’m waiting, I recall a […]
Share God Gave Us You By Sharon Arnold / 6 months ago God Gave Us You (for Pastor and Sister JosephDomingues) We turned to you as children, alone, in Nineteen Hundred Ninety-Six; We sought for love in your honored eyes, rejoiced to find reflected in our own, a new flame, and faith to dance in this new place! And what we saw in growing wonder, Our eyes […]
Share Dealing With Offenses By Marvin Hinds / 7 months ago Resentment. Anger. Insult. If you’ve been offended by someone, you’re familiar with these feelings. The pain has broken your spirit. The negative effect in your life doesn’t seem to go away. God makes it clear; the offense will come. (“… offenses will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come!” Luke 17:1KJV) No matter […]
