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 [...]
Wars and Rumors of Wars: Finding Peace in the Midst of Turbulence By Dr. Pamela Paul, NCC, LMHC, DSc It’s frightening to turn on the news or check in with social media and learn of the national and global chaos that is taking place in our world today. Who would have thought that in [...]
BOLD LOVE Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. 1 Cor. 13: 4-6 Paul's [...]
As we prepare to enter this New Year of 2022, I am asking God for wisdom in all areas of my life. I am deliberately carving out time to listen for Him to guide me. I am coming to Him with my burdens and cares and asking Him to give me rest. The 23 Psalm [...]
FOCUSING ON WHAT IS GOOD The other day in a moment of frustration I said something unloving and unkind to my 13 year old daughter. We were under pressure to get something done and because I was perceiving her as not helping, I lashed out at her. Later I apologized and tried to tell [...]
BREATHE IN HEALING We have all heard the phrase “the breath of life”. In Genesis God breathed into Adam and Eve to bring them to life. In Acts, Paul tells us that God gives to all people “life and breath and all things”. Every moment we are alive we are breathing. Taking time to [...]
