Heidi’s Story: I harbored and nurtured so much bitterness toward my father as I grew up that I preferred the term “the patriarch.” Justified by events of my childhood, I felt I earned the right to hold him in disdain. He netted a living as a lawyer, so...
Then he [Jesus] said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.” Matthew 9:37-38 As a city girl, I do not have experience with the agrarian way of...
Diana’s Story: I married Rick 18 years into my Christian walk. I knew well the sin of an unequally yoked marriage (2 Cor. 6:14). But I loved Rick, and since he supported my church involvement, I assumed he would soon come to the Lord. Thirty years and two...
We proclaim Him, admonishing every man and teaching every man with all wisdom, so that we may present every man complete in Christ. For this purpose also I labor, striving according to His power, which mightily works within me. Colossians 1:28-29 My husband and I,...
“Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil.” (Ephesians 5:15-16) This year I have felt hard-pressed in every way. I am sure I am not alone in feeling this way. We have been in a...
