Welcome To THE NUGGET Giving Is ... Remembering? By: Lyn Chaffart ---------------------------------- January 4, 2025 Giving. We are told to do it: "Sell your possessions and give to the poor." (Luke 12:33a NASB). We are told that if we don't do it, the love of God isn't in us: "But whoever has worldly goods and sees his brother or si ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Sabotage By: Alice Burnett ---------------------------- January 2, 2025 My Spanish lessons on the online programme Duolingo had been going well. It's a wonderfully easy way to learn a language, with varied ways of drilling the material to be learned. Some exercises even involve speaking into the microphone, repeating the featured phrase out loud. One evening, however, the microphone just wouldn't ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Best Possible Advice for the New Year: Let God Handle It! By: Kathy Keller ---------------------------------- December 31, 2024 "The Lord will fight for you, and you have only to be silent.” (Exodus 14:14 ESV "You will not need to fight in this battle. Stand firm, hold your position, and see the salvation of the Lord on your behalf, O Judah and Jerusalem. D ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Back in the Saddle: A New Year's Message By: Lyn Chaffart ---------------------------------- December 28, 2024 (Written December 2023) As the end of the year approaches, I tend to get a bit reflective. What have I accomplished this year? One of the first things that jumps to my mind is that I've retaken up horseback riding! When the kid ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET New Again By: Vincent Walter ---------------------------------- December 26, 2024 /"Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff." /(Isaiah 41:15 KJV) Did you receive a special present this past Christmas? I did. ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET The Time Came By: Kari Vo ---------------------------------- December 24, 2024 "And while they were there, the time came for her to give birth. And she gave birth to her firstborn Son." (Luke 2:6-7a ESV) Imagine the panic Mary and Joseph must have felt when her pains started. "Joseph?" she would have said. "I'm not feeling so good." They ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET The Grinch Who Steals Christmas ... Joy! By: Lyn Chaffart ---------------------------------- December 21, 2024 Last week, in The “Grinch” Who Steals Christmas Peace, we saw that if our peace isn't grounded in Jesus, doubt and lack of faith can easily steal it from us! In the Dr. Seuss story, the Grinch who stole Christmas was particularly upset by the Christmas cheer ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Good News in the Midst of Fear and Lonliness By: Janet P. Eckles ---------------------------------- December 19, 2024 Night after night while the smelly sheep slept, the worn-out shepherds watched over them. But this night something bizarre happened, frightening really—an angel showed up. The shepherds must have jumped up and wiped their eyes, making sure they weren’t seeing things as they shook w ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Why? By: Kari Vo ---------------------------- December 17, 2024 "But as he considered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, 'Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.'" (Matthew 1:20 ESV) Why does God wait so long to let Joseph in on the s ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET The Grinch Who Steals Christmas ... Peace! By: Lyn Chaffart ---------------------------------- December 14, 2024 Last week, in The Grinch Who Steals Christmas Hope, we saw that if our hope isn't grounded in Jesus, unbelief and lack of faith can easily steal it from us! The “Grinch” who steals Christmas hope is nothing more than our unbelief! In the Dr. Seuss story, t ...Continue Reading