November 29, 2011
by Julie Cudney
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A week ago, a sermon on sickness may not have seemed all that poignant, but Chris’s sermon on Sunday was all too timely for both me and my husband. What happened between a week ago and now was that we traveled more than 2,000 miles to our parents’ homes in Michigan. Unfortunately, we both took ill within days of arrival. It hit us differently—I couldn’t hold anything down and Andy had a fever of over …
It took years for the State of California to put my biological father on trial. Ironically, it took longer to get him into the courtroom than it did for him to pay for his crimes. A childhood full of abuse was paid for in just 3 short years! And as I searched for his status on the Megan’s Law website last week, I discovered he lives only 18 miles away from me! A man capable of committing such heinous acts against his own children is free! And yet instead of anger at his sin, I find myself broken over my own sin. Continue reading
January 18, 2010
by John Pleasnick
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If you haven’t been in a cave, then you know of the devastating earthquake that hit Haiti six days ago, and the ensuing humanitarian crisis that’s developing now. Over 200,000 are now estimated dead with many of the living in desperate need of food, water and medical care. Christian and non-Christian alike are working hard to help mitigate and relieve some of the incredible suffering that’s now taking place. For believers, we are called to …
