Why pray when you can worry?

Posted by Tim Jackson on June 29, 2011

Do you ever worry? What do you worry about?

The economy? Terrorism? Your health? Your kids? Your grandchildren? Your job? Your grades? Your career? Your future? Your past? Your death?. . . and the list goes on and on and on . . . doesn’t it?

I remember growing up in... Read More

PTSD Awareness Day

Posted by Tim Jackson on June 27, 2011

Today is PTSD Awareness Day. It has been a day set aside to raise public awareness of the traumatic effect of war on the human soul. It is estimated that every day, 18 vets will commit suicide since having returned from war. That’s the heart breaking reality that many of our men and women... Read More

A Better Day Coming

Posted by Allison Stevens on June 27, 2011

My heart is heavy this morning. One of my best friends has cancer and doesn’t have a hopeful prognosis.  According to her doctors, she’ll be lucky to live out the rest of this year.

Another friend’s father and brother were killed in an auto accident last night. I can only imagine... Read More

Get ready for inconvenience

Posted by Jeff Olson on June 23, 2011

Recently I caught the last part of the Christian flick Fireproof. The film is about Caleb Holt, a husband who sets out on one last ditch effort to save his troubled marriage to Catherine by implementing a 40 day test called “The Love Dare.” At first, Caleb’s heart isn’t in what... Read More

Trust & Verify

Posted by Tim Jackson on June 22, 2011

I work with a lot of couples in crisis. Promises made at a wedding 3, 7, 15, or 28 years ago that expressed good intentions and carried so much hope were somehow forgotten. Vows are broken. Hearts betrayed. Trust shattered.

Rebuilding trust? That’s one of the the greatest challenges... Read More

Funerals vs. Parties

Posted by Tim Jackson on June 17, 2011

Do you ever read things in the Bible that you just find baffling? I mean, you know what the words say, but you just don’t get it? I sure do.

And then, after some time has past and some things change in your life journey and you reread one of those puzzling passages and go, “Oh,... Read More

Unexpected Journeys

Posted by Jeff Olson on June 16, 2011

Unexpected journeys. Little and big…life is full of them. A quick trip to the store turns into a car accident and a long night in the emergency room. The drive home from work turns into into break down on the highway and a long wait for tow truck. A call on the cell phone turns into the news... Read More

That’ll leave a mark

Posted by Tim Jackson on June 14, 2011

My brothers and I, along with our families and friends, buried our Mom last week. It was a bitter-sweet experience. The bitter–we all miss her deeply. The sweet–we know that after 81 years of life on this earth, she’s dancing in the arms of Jesus in heaven. And frankly, for a... Read More

Staying Grounded

Posted by Jeff Olson on June 9, 2011

Last week I was reading through a monthly newsletter from John Eldredge, founder of Ransomed Heart Ministries. Eldredge, who has recently written a book about Jesus, said that one of things that  struck him the most going through the life of Christ again was how grounded of a person Jesus was.Read More

Word of God Speak

Posted by Jeff Olson on June 2, 2011

A few Sunday’s ago, I was in a funk as I was driving alone to church. For many reasons, I wasn’t in a good place that morning emotionally and spiritually. I was praying, trying to tell God where I was at, but it didn’t seem like I was getting any traction.

As I struggled,... Read More
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