Who Says A Moral Compass Is For The Birds?

By Marty Norman 

“All scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God will be equipped for every good work.”  2 Timothy 3:16

A compass is a useful item. Ships use them for navigation. Hikers use them for positioning. Explorers keep them as directional headings. But with all of our technology today, do we really need a compass to tell us where to go?
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The Silver Bullet

By Marty Norman  

“You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand and it gives light
to everyone in the house.”  Matthew 5:14-15

When I was a child the Lone Ranger was a really big deal. Every Saturday we went to the Ridglea Theatre to see what new crime the Lone Ranger would thwart next. To my generation he was the equivalent of today’s Spiderman. Eventually he became a TV icon, and we were fans for life. Even today my heart beats a little faster when I hear the symphony play his theme song, the cavalry charge from the William Tell Overture. When I hear the words, “Hi-ho Silver, away,” I am transported back to the days of yesteryear, to another time and place.
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Weariness

By Jane Thornton  

As I strolled around my classroom recently, talking about the significance of the themes in Lord of the Flies, I noticed a disturbingly frequent occurrence. Mark, the occupant of the last seat in the row, had scooted his desk back a few feet so that he could prop his head against the wall. His eyes were firmly shut.
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Run the Machine

By Rachael Sales  

Throughout the Bible there is evidence of the value of seeking God early. As Americans in a fast paced, technologically driven, appointment based society, the machine called our day runs relentlessly whether we want it to or not. I know that so often I have attempted to get my time before God throughout the day only to find that the machine is an unbridled beast. To slow down the tide of the day and get time before God in the midst of it all is a challenge — not an impossible one, but one all the same. In fact, so vicious was the machine even in Jesus’ day that we find our Lord and Savior himself plotting against the throes of life to prioritize his time with the Father in the early hours. In fact, it is documented that upon hearing of John the Baptist’s death, Jesus tries to pull away into a quiet place, but the demands of the crowd pulled him back into ministry. (King James Version, Matthew 14:13-14) So, throughout the scripture we find Jesus getting up before everyone else to pray. His time of ministering to others was during the day. His time of ministry to His Father was early in the morning and late at night.
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Choosing Contentment

By Sarah Onderdonk  

In the book of Ruth, we are given a rich and sentimental portrait of divine and human love. Bible interpreters point to themes of redemption and loyalty. There’s also a sustaining note of contentment.

Ruth, as you may recall, is the daughter-in-law of Naomi, who has lost both her husband and two sons. Ruth is encouraged by her mother-in-law to return to her original home to start life anew. Ruth, instead, has “clung” (Ruth 1:14) to Naomi and vowed:

“… Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God.” (Ruth 1:16)

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