I have always enjoyed this time of year during Christmas and New Year. For us life slows down some while we take time to be together as a Family and do things that are fun. For me it’s time to be in the woods hunting deer, tying flies for trout, and going steelhead fishing with […]

Gift Exchange “For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.” II Cor. 8:9 NAS There is something universally compelling about the Christmas story. Against all odds a Child is born to a […]

For Such A Time As This! “Look among the nations! Observe! Be astonished! Wonder! Because I am doing something in your days — You would not believe if you were told.” Habakuk 1:5 NAS We have said it before: We are living in incredible and unprecedented times. Communications from nearly every spot on the globe […]

Victory is Mine When the Battle is the Lord’s I have always enjoyed reading places in the Bible where you can find a synopsis of what took place in a particular person’s life or history of a nation from one chapter or from a few short verses. In second Samuel chapter five, we find that […]

The Harvest is Ripe It had been ten years since a famine drove her family from her beloved homeland and friends. Now Naomi found herself a widow, living in the midst of Moab, a pagan culture. Her husband and two sons had died there; her only family was two pagan daughter-in-laws, Ruth and Orpah. In […]

Daily Bread “But He answered and said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.” Matthew 4:4 NAS Bread is the substance of life. It is seen in our culture and our customs. When we work, we are ‘making bread.’ When […]