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Dear Younger Members

Dear Younger Members

Dear Younger Members, You are right, it is especially hard to be a Christian in these times. Allow me to share some insight into the future: it will be hard when you are older, too. The only solace I can offer is that with time comes experience and knowledge, and...
Dear Older Members

Dear Older Members

Dear Older Members, I want to thank you for the example that you set, day in and day out. It is encouraging to have such a strong role model in my daily life that I can look to for guidance. When I see how you handle difficulties and the different trials and...
Dealing With Internal Conflict

Dealing With Internal Conflict

It is a glorious picture. The apostles standing on the temple steps at Pentecost and proclaiming the Word of God, at which 3,000 respond. Not long after, 2,000 more at Peter’s second great sermon, bringing the total number of Christians to an impressive total in...
Cliche It Up!

Cliche It Up!

I can remember growing up listening to older people lead prayers, lead singing, or deliver invitations that had the most eloquent words I had ever heard. Phrases flowed with such grace that Shakespeare would be envious, and afterwards everyone would say, “Amen” or nod...
Blessed or Not Blessed?

Blessed or Not Blessed?

That is the question! For thousands of years, the Jews attested that one who prospered much in this life was obviously approved by God. This belief held so firmly that even the apostles asked Jesus in John 9:2, “Who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born...

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