Hand in Hand
January 30, 2026 by Jane Thornton
Filed under Christian Life, Family Focus
By Jane Thornton –
One hot August Monday morning I walked hand in hand with five-year-old Matthew up the wide concrete steps to Plummer Elementary. My heart was in turmoil; his probably was too. Read more
Going Solo
January 28, 2026 by Don S. Otis
Filed under Christian Life, Health and Fitness
By Don Otis –
I set out on a mountain bike ride recently on the back side of Pikes Peak in my home state of Colorado. It was atop this behemoth of a mountain that Katherine Lee Bates wrote “America the Beautiful” in 1893, first as a poem. The peak dominates the west side of Colorado Springs and is the easternmost 14,000-foot mountain in the United States. Read more
I Stand Amazed
January 19, 2026 by Marty Norman
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By Marty Norman –
And you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” (Acts 1:8)
At the kind invitation of the Bishop of Mpwapwa, SOMA (Sharing Our Ministries Abroad) www.somausa.org sent a team to Tanzania in early June to lead a teaching conference for pastors and their wives on the Holy Spirit. Read more
Hope for Hungry Hearts
January 17, 2026 by Julie Morris
Filed under Christian Life, Health and Fitness
By Julie Morris –
I bought every diet book I could find, desperately searching for something that would give me hope as I struggled to lose weight. Little did I know that the book I needed most was sitting right on my bedside table. Read more
Longing for a Better Country – A Heavenly One
January 8, 2026 by Heather Allen
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By Heather Allen –
“Wake up! Strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have not found your deeds complete in the sight of my God. Remember, therefore, what you have received and heard; obey it, and repent. But if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what time I will come to you” (Revelation 3:2-3, NIV). Read more

