Written by: Laura Chambers (6/5/2017) When you awake in the morning, still fresh from the previous night’s sleep, all thoughts and cares from the previous day temporarily set aside, a stream of light shines through the curtains, magnetically pulling you towards the window to breathe the fresh dawn air and [...]
Written by: Laura Chambers (5/10/2017) Abigail Duhon brings a hope-filled approach to life and music with her new album. Each of the six tracks has something to offer, from inspiration to celebration. “Into The Light” expresses appreciation of the love God pours out on us. Duhon pictures Him asking her [...]
Written by: Laura Chambers (05/19/2017) The grade 6-12 ministry of Newspring Church, Fuse (Student Ministry), comes out with Wildfire, a six song album that merges the most natural longing in the world with synthetic and organic sounds to create something worth a moment or two of our time. “Evidence” points [...]
Written by: Laura Chambers (05/06/2017) One of the most poignant images in Christianity is that of going home. It has a dual meaning for believers; the prodigal son returning from the far country to his father’s house, a picture of redemption, and the Bride being whisked away to her Groom [...]
Written by: Laura Chambers (4/6/2017) There’s a difference between merely reading a book and understanding it. In school, it wasn’t enough to scan a passage briefly, identify a few keywords, pass judgment and move on to the next thing. Failure to make sense of the concepts being discussed could [...]
Written by: Laura Chambers (3/31/2017) The Beatitudes have captivated many over the years. Offering precious promises of God to the worst off and most unlikely to receive them, according to the thinking of that (and all too often, this) day, they dangle above our heads like ripened, juicy grapes, begging [...]
Written by: Laura Chambers (4/12/2017) We are taught to hand out labels from a very young age. Our parents will point to foods, animals, and toys, giving us their names and encouraging us to repeat them. It’s the foundation of our ability to understand the world - knowing [...]
Written by: Laura Chambers (4/11/2017) There’s a verse in the Bible that says “Out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks”. In simple terms, whatever you put in is what comes out. But for the input to be pure, the source must be pure. And that’s where God [...]
Written by: Laura Chambers (4/3/2017) It is incredible to think that a pledge made to one man thousands of years ago stretches out from the pages of history to touch our lives. Yet just as Abraham was promised by God that his descendants would be as innumerable as grains of [...]
Written by: Laura Chambers (4/5/2017) To us, the glimmer of individual stars seems so insignificant. Yet their light travels an unfathomable distance to break through the darkness of night, whispering hope to us. The closer we come to the light, the more its glory becomes evident, and we are [...]
