"Obsession with self in these matters is a dead end; attention to God leads us out into the open, into a spacious, free life." (Rom 8:6 Message)Possessions are supposed to be things that are useful to us. But more often than not, they end up possessing us!It's like...
By this we know love, that He laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. 1 John 3:16It was just a few minutes before 7 a.m. when the 14-year-old girl got on the Yazoo County, Mississippi, school bus and made her way toward the...
Branau am Inn is a simple yet attractive town in upper Austria. Its rustic stores are neatly lined up with fashioned displays, the church steeple proudly towers above the skyline, and flowers decorate the streets, the remains of medieval walls, and the houses, some of...
John Gordon was a respected general for the South in the Civil War. After the war, he was running for the United States Senate, but a man who had served under him in the war, angry over some political incident, was determined to see him defeated. Everyone knew this...
My wife and I are going to be celebrating our 25th wedding anniversary at Christmas time this year by taking a special trip. The location of our destination is still a surprise to my wife, so I will not mention it by name here. However, while looking for...
Sean Dusinberre and two of his sons, Joshua and Dylan, were on their way home last Tuesday, November 18, after a trip to Buffalo to watch the Bills play the Cleveland Browns on Monday night. Snow covered the ground on this cold day in rural western New York.Suddenly,...
The Straw Market in Nassau, Bahamas, can be overwhelming at times. Between the noise, the heat, and the multitude of sellers and their wares, it's hard to know which way to turn. So many of the vendors are so eager to sell their goods that they would sell their...
