Mended Hearts® is a peer-support group for patients and their families. A cardiologist founded the organization in 1951. The chapter in nearby Cookeville, Tennessee, provides churches (and other organizations as well, I think) free Automated External Defibrillators when at least…
Ray and I have enjoyed getting to know a young family at our church. When they learned of Ray’s recent health concerns, the father told us that he would be happy to help us any way he can. Their home…
Yesterday Ray and I remembered a story we heard so long ago that neither of us remember all the details. It might be true, but it might have simply been a story to teach a point. Either way it is…
In the 19th chapter of Leviticus, God gave the Israelites practical laws about how to interact with other people, including these laws: You shall not curse a deaf man, nor place a stumbling block before the blind, but you shall…
Hope. It’s sad that the meaning of that wonderful word has been watered down to mean nothing more than a wish. When we say, “I certainly hope so,” what we may really mean is “This is what I would like…
Jesus told three parables in Luke 15. The lesson in each one is this: God loves you, specifically you. And He and His angels rejoice to have you with Him. When Sir John Everett Millais created his 20 illustrations for…
