A Rock in my Pocket
By R. J. Gunter
I carry a small rock in my pocket, everywhere I go. It’s not a gemstone, a fossil, or precious metal, such as gold or silver. It’s just a common polished rock that has little to no monetary value. It is not a good luck charm or anything to do with superstition.
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Bad Decisions
By Ronnie Wyatt
Three new freshmen were being recruited by a fraternity at a well known college. The freshmen wanted to join the fraternity, but were afraid of the initiation process. They were assured that it would not be too difficult, so they agreed to be initiated.
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Laughing Out Loud: A Tribute to Girlfriends
By LaWanda Bailey
"Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh." Luke 6:21 (NIV)
Women hold the world together with a mop in one hand and a briefcase in the other. If we do get a chance to sit down, our laps automatically fill with children and laptops. We succeed at home and in the workplace. But once in a while, responsibilities and heartaches gang up and try to take us down. The next time that happens, get yourself a girlfriend and laugh.
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Come Together
December 26, 2023 by admin
Filed under Family Focus
By Jane Thornton
"If your brother sins against you, go and show him his fault, just between the two of you. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over. But if he will not listen, take one or two others along, so that 'every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses. If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church; and if he refuses to listen even to the church, treat him as you would a pagan or a tax collector.
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Everybody Somebody Nobody Anybody
December 24, 2023 by admin
Filed under Faith, Faith Articles
By Pam Kumpe
I can’t stop thinking about this year, especially after I looked back at some of the important stories for 2008. Take Pastor Rick Warren of Saddleback Church in California. He hosted a meeting with President-elect Barack Obama and with John McCain. This forum heighted the evangelical vote in a new way, at least for me. And when the Olympics aired from China in August, I read how tens of thousands of bilingual Bibles and New Testaments were printed for the Games.
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