DELIGHT As we approach the New Year of 2023, I come back to the tradition of picking a word that I want to focus on for the upcoming year. As I was praying and pondering what it would be I kept being reminded of different scriptures with the word “delight” in them. Delight means, [...]
BALANCE OR CONTRADITIONS – WHICH DOES THE BIBLE POINT TO? By Natalie Varrone, LPCC-S The Bible can be a confusing book. It is complex, has many layers of meaning, and is very interconnected. There are places in the Bible that seem to contradict itself. Have you ever had these thoughts when reading? I believe [...]
A Christmas Message of Hope The eyes of the audience were fixed on Jesus as he walked up to the podium in the Jewish Synagogue on Shabbat and read from the scroll of the prophet Isaiah. “The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me because He has anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor. He has sent Me to [...]
PRAYER Sweet hour of prayer! sweet hour of prayer! That calls me from a world of care, And bids me at my Father’s throne Make all my wants and wishes known. In seasons of distress and grief, My soul has often found relief, And oft escaped the tempter’s snare, By thy return, sweet hour [...]
WHILE YOU WAIT Hurricane Ian just passed through Florida. We were told it was coming right here towards us in the Tampa Bay area. Preparations for this storm began Monday as schools were canceled, and houses and businesses boarded up. Many people evacuated or left town. Then the waiting began. I have been working [...]
DONATE Did you know that over half the mental health professionals report moderate or high burnout (50%). They are much more likely to experience burnout when they lack a social support network.1 That's where we come in! The NETWORK of CHRISTIAN COUNSELORS strives to offer our members Christ-likeness fellowship, relational and personal growth, and [...]
TRUSTING GOD IN SUFFERING It can be hard in our everyday lives to keep our hearts and minds focused on the good things, to have an eternal perspective in the midst of everyday struggles. Do you ever ask God for something and then question the way He goes about doing it? I had an [...]
Letting Go and Trusting God Yesterday, May 29th, would have been my younger brother's 51st birthday. He died September 12th, 2020, at the age of 49. There are so many memories and good things to remember, and I miss him so much! Our parents, his wife, and their children, and all who knew him mourn [...]
WORRIER OR WARRIOR We have a choice everyday as to how we are going to handle the difficult things in our lives. It's easy to worry about our problems. Some people even claim that worry runs in their family, but God doesn't want us to worry. “Therefore, I say to you, do not worry [...]
LESSONS FROM A MISSION TRIP For the second year in a row, I had the opportunity to go with our youth group on a mission trip to Atlanta to serve with Frontline Response (formerly known as the Atlanta Dreamcenter). This is a ministry that is on the front lines serving the homeless and trying [...]
