Truth & Consequences

Posted by Tim Jackson on December 5, 2011

“But I told the truth!” Through her sobs it was clear that she understood how wrong she was in what she’d done. She’d broken the trust of her husband yet again with another affair. This one she’d managed to keep hidden for the past 5 years.

“I’ll... 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

Letting pain breathe

Posted by Jeff Olson on January 13, 2011

Recently I watched the movie Open Range. It was a Christmas present.

Westerns don’t normally interest me, but this film drew me in. There was one scene, in particular, that grabbed my attention.

One of the main characters in the film is Charlie Waite... Read More

Family Denial

Posted by Allison Stevens on December 28, 2009

Especially during the holidays, we sometimes notice serious issues or problems in our family that we don’t want to admit or acknowledge. It’s painful, so we put our heads in the sand and live in the land of wishful thinking, instead of reality.



 

As I... Read More

Telling the Truth

Posted by Tim Jackson on July 23, 2009

Don’t you long to have people tell you the truth? I sure do. When it came time to replace my vintage Honda recently with a new one (well, it wasn’t “new-new”, it was “used-but-new-to-me-new”), I did my research. Computer searches galore in the evenings when I... Read More