By Kim Sechler Every Sunday afternoon when I was growing up I would sit around the TV set to watch the Dallas Cowboys square off against their opponent. At that time they had a coach by the name of Tom Landry. He was their first coach. In 1960 Dallas was allowed to have a team. The...
By Bobby Coverston Today’s reading was such an inspiring reminder that I, like you, am not meant to be a carbon copy of any other human on the planet, copying the things they do. I have gifts, talents and abilities that God has put in motion before the foundations of the earth that were...
By Marilyn Bazett-Jones We are fearfully and wonderfully made… I like to think on that verse and realize how God designed each of us with different gifts, yet all of us were made for serving Him. We serve God by serving others. We usually know what our gifts are because He also gave us...
By Mike Vandermause Years ago in my former profession as a sports journalist covering the Green Bay Packers, reporters would be ushered down from the press box to the sidelines at Lambeau Field for the final minutes of home games. That gave writers like me easy and quick access to the locker...
By Troy Murphy I have taken on the huge task of finishing my basement: flooring, framing, electrical, drywall. I actually enjoy the work even though it takes much longer than I desire. There is also a financial and physical cost to pay that often discourages my excitement for the...
By Kristin Ashley I love summer camp! I am so so thankful that as a child I had the experience of attending Lake Lundgren Bible Camp. There is something amazing for kids and adults when they can retreat to a beautiful natural location and focus on our creator. The simple joys of singing songs...
To tempt or to lure implies a drawing into danger, evil, or difficulty through attracting and deceiving; to seduce or lead astray from one's true course. Every day I am faced with a decision and it isn’t an easy one to make. I have to choose to move toward the mission I want to accomplish...
Cindy (center) as a teenager with her brother and mother in one of the last pictures of her mom before she died of cancer at age 41. By Cindy Vandermause In Day 25, Rick Warren focuses on Romans 8:28 and transformation through trouble. He asks, ”What problem in my life has caused the...
By Bobby Coverston I love learning, but I don’t love reading. I most certainly can read and if I say so myself, I read very well and articulately. I have never been shy to read aloud a passage from scripture or a book. My ability to read is quite established. My speed of reading...
By Marilyn Bazett-Jones This time of year, I get excited as I look outside and see the trees beginning to bud. With both the warmth and the light increasing day by day, the magnolia has large pink buds, waiting to pop. The lilac bush has tiny bursts of purple and light green. The house plants...
