Shine your Light: Regular TestimoniesHave you ever been sitting in your home at night with the lights all on, perhaps watching television or putting a puzzle together, reading a book or eating dinner, when the lights suddenly(clap) out? And there you are – in the dark. You wait a moment. Wait – hoping that the lights will just flicker back on. Wait…
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Keep your hand at the plow! Don’t look back! Freedom comes after you take steps. It was January 27, 1956, a twenty-seven-year-old Martin Luther King Junior, sat in his kitchen in Montgomery, Alabama nursing a cup of coffee, unable to sleep. His life was threatened, and the bus boycott was failing. Earlier in the evening, a caller had warned, “If you aren’t…
An August ago, Steve and I spent some of our anniversary time away hiking in the Blue Ridge mountains. After having enjoyed three presidential homes in Virginia, we were ready for a different day. We read about Crabtree Falls – the tallest waterfall east the Mississippi, with a 1,000-foot drop. So, we set off to…
Last week, we began a series on being Rooted in Gratitude and Growing in Christ. This 130th anniversary celebration repositions us to give thanks first for how God is and will be moving in the future. We started with Gratitude, not attitude; and today, we look at being grateful for trials. It sounds counterintuitive, doesn’t…