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by Casey Caldwell Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. Brothers, I do not … Read More

By the time you read this, C. S. Lewis will have been dead fifty years, and I’m sure he’s glad he’ll miss Christmas.  It was November 22, 1963, when the Cambridge professor went the way … Read More

We live in a land of perpetual sunshine punctuated by fog.  It’s not a very dramatic weatherscape.  However, if you grew up in a different place, you know about true storms and that there are … Read More

Of the many books in my library there are only a few, as time marches on, with which I continue to have a vibrant friendship.  Most of these are spiritual biographies.  They are the stories … Read More

In their 2009 book, When Helping Hurts, Corbett and Fikkert explained how some of our attempts at helping the poor and impoverished actually set them back in ways we do not expect. It is a … Read More

by Children’s Ministries Pastoral Staff The first Community News article on “Confident Parenting and the Church” (September 2013) addressed the pervasive element of fear, one factor that erodes confidence in parenting. We acknowledged the obvious … Read More

by Tracy Wilcox At the Orphan Alliance for Christians Summit a few years back, a speaker boldly challenged his audience by asking, There are 165 million orphans in the world.  Can you name five of them?  … Read More

How different my dog was from Jesus! Some years ago we had a black Labrador Retriever who was as good natured as a dog can be.  But Zion (named for the national park, not for … Read More

Sometimes I’m a Pharisee.  It creeps up when I’m not paying attention.  I’m thankful to get ugly glimpses of it now and again, mostly so I can stop, look it in the eye, and make … Read More

Have you ever found yourself enduring a difficult season of life (maybe right now?) and wishing things would just return to normal? Perhaps you are having difficulty finding a job, your marriage is struggling, or … Read More