The month of June is filled with celebrations. Ceremonies are part of the rituals and rites of passage from one transition to another. Whether walking across the stage or walking down the aisle, the past is in the rearview mirror and the future awaits. The best visual I can think of to represent thi
By Elizabeth Prata Christopher Newman Hall (1816-1902), born at Maidstone and known in later life as a ‘Dissenter’s Bishop’, was one of the most celebrated nineteenth century Engl…
This past week I had a visitor I hadn’t seen in a while. Time and distance kept us apart. Then it arrived, slowly entering my space and taking up too much room. Grief came back to visit. I wasn’t prepared. I didn’t get the memo. There was a strange familiarity and the heaviness that came with it. I
Just this past month, I was hit hard with feelings of sadness and regret during a time that should have been the happiest of my life after graduating college. There is no playbook when it comes to …
This is never an easy time for a nation. But if anyone should be ready to give an answer it is Christians especially those of us in children’s ministry. This is a perfect opportunity to impart to them a biblical worldview and explain the Gospel.
There’s a weather pattern in San Diego that is called May gray. Mornings are filled with clouds and sometimes fog that stays around for a few hours until the sun begins to break through. Recently, there was a day when the sun finally came out at 3:00 in the afternoon. May gray seems like an appropr
The first thing we think of when hearing something so horrible is: why did God let this happen? Instead, we should be asking: what do I do? The answer is to turn to God with your pain. Pastor Greg Laurie explains.
A woman giving birth suffers in a way directly connected to her impending joy. The child comes through suffering, and therefore the joy of having the child flows out of suffering. God transforms suffering into joy. Joy both eclipses and redeems the suffering.
By Elizabeth Prata Remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in …
They know that the storm has a bit in its mouth and that God holds it in and nothing can hurt them.
