Seeing Life From the Highest Vantage Point
By Contributing Writer, Jeannette Paulson After church one day I bumped into a friend. Without preliminary small talk she asked “What has God been doing in your life lately?” Imagine my surprise. I mean, what had He been doing? Puritan pastors believed the Bible compels God’s people to have such conversations. They called it the [...]
By Contributing Writer, Marcia Wilwerding Over the last twenty years I have witnessed and experienced personally the heartbreak of strained relationships between parents and adult children. If you are struggling with this area of family relationships, I hope to share some key principles which may help smooth the way to an outcome which brings peace [...]
By Contributing Writer, Tyanne Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise), “that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land.” Ephesians 6:1-3 At 17 years old, I loved Jesus with all [...]
By Contributing Writer, Terry Covey Life’s Early Lessons It’s an awesome thing to consider that God cares about our children even more than we do! And part of that care is the clear instruction in His Word for us parents on the relationships our children will have in life. A huge part of parenting is [...]
By Contributing Writer, Kelly Crawford I had vented to my husband on his drive home from work. Well, what else was I supposed to do with this onerous child who had me at my wits end? I mean, my husband and I are a team, we have to tackle this thing head on, and he [...]
By Natalie, Editress of Visionary Womanhood I read a great article last week called How to Be Mentored without a Mentor. I don’t want to repeat too much of what Jodi wrote, so I encourage you to go over and read it. I do want to say that I have often given women the same [...]
God created us to be in relationship with Himself and in relationship with other human beings. It is part of how we are hard wired. Since the fall of the human race into sin, the enemy has taken what was meant to be beautiful and fulfilling and turned it into plain old hard work. Hey, [...]
© fotovika – Fotolia.com By Contributing Writer, Stephani Dignity & Love For the past three years my family and I have been attending a wonderful church in Minnesota. I have been stretched and blessed in so many ways by the teaching, worship, fellowship of believers, and the godly women surrounding me. How many times have [...]
By Contributing Writer, Marci Ferrell “…or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful;” 1 Corinthians 13:5 How does my Christian life measure against these characteristics of true love? When we begin to understand that love is only love when it acts, and that it is not just [...]
By Contributing Writer, Marcia Wilwerding “Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant.” — 1 Corinthians 13:4 (ESV) The word Paul originally uses in 1 Corinthians 13 is agape, which seems to include both the feelings we associate with love and the actions we associate with charity. Therefore, it is important to [...]
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