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• Revive Our Hearts

  

  God Chose You to Be Their Dad: 10 Messages for My Husband This Father’s Day

  This Father’s Day, go beyond the gift. Point that father-figure in your life to the heavenly Father for strength in his calling as a dad.

  Jun 12, 202512 min read
• Chris Carpenter

  

  'How to Train Your Dragon' Expands on Message of Finding Common Ground in Live-Action Reboot

  Sometimes, despite centuries filled with tradition and rules that may or may not cooperate with modern society, we need to seek change for the ultimate good for ourselves but more importantly the people around us. For example:Telling time a via a mechanized clock rather than relying on the sun;Driving a...

  Jun 13, 20255 min readHow to Train Your DragonDean DuBloisHopeTrustCommon Ground
• Karen Farris

  

  Father's Homecoming

  Late in my dad’s life, he shared the following homecoming story.He had been stationed at an Air Force base in Okinawa, Japan, and was finally returning home. Alongside him on the ship were his wife and their blond-haired toddler, who had been born overseas. Waiting among the throngs of people...

  Jun 13, 20252 min read
• Sharon Jaynes

  

  Prayer Can Change a Person’s Heart

  We had a lot of prayer happening in the comment section of last week’s devotion. So today, let me share a story about the power of prayer in one family’s life. Allan was a tough man. Raised by a single mom with five siblings, he learned how to scrap his way through life and climb to the top of humanity’s heap through sheer determination and grit. Read more...

  Jun 10, 20255 min read