By Sonja Caywood “I am the Lord’s servant.  May it be done to me according to your word.”  Luke 1:38Nativity scenes illustrate the “Silent Night” peace after the birth of our Savior, but when I imagin...  Read More

By Nancy Stephens “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives.Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.”   John 14:27On any given day, our hous...  Read More

By Christina Pettijohn “I have told you these things so that in me, you may have peace.  In this world you WILL have trouble.  But take heart! I have overcome the world!” John 16:33 (KJV)“But even mor...  Read More

By John Baggett “I have told you these things so that in me, you may have peace.  In this world you WILL have trouble.  But take heart! I have overcome the world!” John 16:33 (KJV)In the King James Ve...  Read More

By Hannah Fraley “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.” John 14:27Peace… an elusive thing. Mos...  Read More

By Emily Barker “So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.” 2 Corinthians 4:18As I was tucking my 4-year-old into b...  Read More

By Cora Wood “Why, my soul are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will praise Him, my Savior and my God.” Psalms 42:11Why are you downcast? If I were asked this ques...  Read More

By Veronica Cangiamilla "The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of deep darkness a light has dawned." Isaiah 9:2 (NIV)As Advent begins, we're invited into ...  Read More

By Dustin Stephens “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel” (which means “God with us”). Matthew 1:23 A few years ago in Haiti, a man came to our gate, looki...  Read More

By Joy Copeland “So we do not become discouraged. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet our inner self is being renewed day by day. For our momentary, light distress is producing for us an eterna...  Read More

By Jan Edwards “I am a voice from the barren wilderness, shouting as Isaiah prophesied, ‘Get ready for the coming of the Lord!’” John 1:23Advent signifies the period of anticipation for the arrival of...  Read More

By Jana Fraley “Blessed by the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from t...  Read More