God’s Insurance Policy

Earlier this year, Florida got hammered by two massive hurricanes in a short period of time. Helene hit the west coast on September 26 wreaking widespread havoc before turning north to drop devastating rainfall in North Carolina and Tennessee resulting in over 230 deaths. Less than two weeks later, Milton…
Apprenticeships And Trade Secrets
The Seminary of Jimmy and Violet
Carving Birds and Christians

During my days of teaching Natural Resources, I often invited guest speakers to come and tell students about their occupations. Conservation Police Officers, Game Biologists, Fishery Managers, US Fish and Wildlife personnel and more visited the classes to share experiences, advantages, and disadvantages of their jobs in the natural resource…
Helping Others In Jesus’ Name

Hurricane Helene has wrought massive destruction throughout the southeastern United States. Heartbreaking images continue to remind us of the devastation caused by massive amounts of rain. I’m thankful for the thousands of individuals and ministries that are providing help and hope to those affected. Samaritan’s Purse has been the tip…
Licking the Fruit

Most Wednesday evenings, our church hosts over 100 elementary and middle schoolers for the BLAST program. This Believing, Loving, And Serving Together ministry includes snack, recreation, dinner, and class learning time. In addition to driving the bus, my main responsibility is to teach Bible lessons each week. Since the themes…
“Tear Down This Wall!”
Watering Holes For Our Souls
Make The Most of Your Basket

Many readers are familiar with the Food Network Channel’s culinary competitions. One of the longest running and most popular of these is Chopped. In this fast-paced reality show, four contestants are given a basket of four identical mystery ingredients from which they must prepare a dish in limited time. They…
Treasure the Right Treasure

It’s hard to believe it’s been 20 years since Nicolas Cage starred in the movie, National Treasure. The action packed thriller features the hunt for a fabled stash of incredible riches from antiquity that had been hidden by our nation’s founders. Cage’s character, Ben Gates, searches for clues in our…