Finding the way back to God — Return to me
Zechariah 1:3 “This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘Return to me, ‘declares the Lord Almighty, ‘and I will return to you,’ says the...
Area Religion Digest
Blessing of the petsXENIA — New Jasper United Methodist Church will hold a blessing of the animals 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 6. All animals...
Inspirational message
“I have learned to be content…” (Philippians 4:12)Imprisonment. Floggings. Mocking and insults. Close to death. Paul was a real person in the Bible who...
A conversation with dad
Do you trust God for what it will get you, or for who He is?Here is a short story attempting to illustrate the difference...
Eaten by envy
According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, envy is “painful or resentful awareness of an advantage enjoyed by another joined with a desire to possess the...
Devotional: The father’s enabling
“He went on to say, ‘This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless the Father has enabled him.’...
Hope and unity over fear and division
Whilst sun and moon endure America shall remain a city of refuge for the whole earth until she herself “shall play the tyrant, forget...
Heritage Foundation VP welcomed back to chapel
CEDARVILLE — Jennifer Marshall, vice president for the Institute for Family, Community and Opportunity at the Heritage Foundation and the Joseph C. and Elizabeth...
Huff: What is life?
Life is a vapor. Life is just a little while on earth and then we fly away. Tomorrow is not promised; life is what...
Pulpit Talk: Endings and beginnings
We notice the end of summer several ways: swimming pools closing, school starting, gardens producing the last of summer’s produce. But then comes the...