Written by: Kelly Meade (10/13/2017) Drawing inspiration from a sermon at his home church, singer/songwriter/worship leader Chris Tomlin suggested to his pastor, Darren Whitehead, that the topic of that Sunday's service should be something many more people could hear, or read. The result is the book Holy Roar: [...]
Written by: Laura Chambers (October 2, 2017) Illusionist Brock Gill wants to encourage us to nurture our souls with good spiritual food, assuring us that we will strengthen our walk with God if we do. To do otherwise is to strengthen our fleshly sinful nature, no matter our [...]
Written by: Kelly Meade (08/30/2017) The road of life is filled with unexpected curves to keep us on our toes and bumps along the way that try our resilience. We're never told it will be easy, but when we place our trust in God to guide us, He [...]
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 (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 (2/10/2017) When children are growing up, they believe their parents have all the answers. So they come to them with endless questions. “Why is the sky blue?” “Why do the seasons change?” “Where do babies come from?” Their parents then direct them to books, attempt to [...]
Written by: Laura Chambers (10/03/2016) There is no more elusive, heartbreaking, back-breaking, or rewarding journey than following the dreams God has planted inside us. While we may start out as starry-eyed, passionate adventure seekers, those bothersome thoughts we left behind at the last rest stop will eventually catch up [...]
Written by: Laura Chambers (9/14/2016) You‘ve heard it on the radio, and now you can read it to your children. The popular song “Good Good Father” makes the leap from the airwaves to the printed page, bringing with it an important reminder for children of all ages. Songwriter Pat Barrett and [...]
Written by: Laura Chambers (9/14/2016) As Christians, we hear the hallowed names of the seekers and followers who have gone before us. To some of us, they are just names; people who lived and died ages ago, and somewhere in between, managed to leave enough of a legacy behind to [...]
Written by: Kelly Meade (3/1/2016) George Jones is a name known to many throughout the music world and beyond. Some remember him as a pioneer of country music having recorded some of the biggest songs of all-time including the incredibly successful, "He Stopped Loving Her Today". There are others who [...]
