God, And The Rescue Of Apollo 13 By John Livingston Clark “Houston, We Have A Problem,” are the well-known words of Apollo 13. Some of us are old enough to remember that week in April of 1970; others have seen the movie. From 200,000 miles from the earth America had ...

Have you ever tried to open one of those juice pouches with the orange straw and the tiny hole in the middle of the bag? You know, the kind where if you don’t hold the pouch just right, you will have a geyser spewing all the contents of the bag ...

Look!!! It’s a bird… it’s a plane… no… it’s… Super-Dad! OK, that’s pushing it a little too far. So they can’t fly, but to their children, they can do just about everything else. Dads will get us out of trouble, teach us how to throw a ball, fly a kite, ...

On this Father’s Day, what’s more appropriate than looking into the life of our spiritual father Abraham. His birth name, Abram, means ‘exalted father’ but God changed it to Abraham meaning ‘father of a multitude’ and we are included in this vast army if we have accepted Christ’s atoning death ...

A Word About Fathers By Joel B. Psalm 127:3-5 Behold, children are a gift of the LORD, The fruit of the womb is a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are the children of one’s youth. How blessed is the man whose quiver is full of ...

For those of you who have chosen to venture with me on how to leave your own legacy of prayer, here we go. If you are just joining us, I recommend reading Part I: Leaving a Legacy of Prayer to catch up with how this story began. Whenever I am ...

The Lord your God in Your Midst… Zephaniah 3:17 What a powerful truth God has spoken through the, prophet Zephaniah. The Almighty God in our midst and He is always present with His children. We can always walk in victory with our God in our midst. We are told in ...

The Spiritual War on Mental Illness By Joel B. Mental illness plagues many of us. It creeps up on us and it can oftentimes be suffocating or make us feel like we’re not normal. However, I’m here to tell you that you can breathe easy, your life is pretty normal, ...

‘Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God.’ (Psalm 146:5) A close friend of mine messaged me today that her husband packed up and left yesterday. His reason was that he just wasn’t happy. She told me she had no ...

“My God knows my name!”  The glowing face and the dancing feet still make my heart smile as I replay the scene in my head.  The context of those words makes the picture in my mind more glorious.  My friend was stopping by with gifts for our food pantry before ...