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It's official.  Fall is back.   As the kids and I settle into a new school year, homework and soccer practices, it's also a new season in my Sunday School Class.  Today we started our new Bible lesson-Anne Graham Lotz's Into the Word. It couldn't have come at a better time ...

While most of the country's schools are back in session, we're enjoying the final weeks of summer here in California, but acknowledging the need to start getting prepared for a new season. I just read a recent piece by author, Elizabeth George, who reminded me that while I get my ...

There's nothing extraordinary about my 8 year old's consistent, "Why" questions: "Why do we need to sleep at night?" "Why is the sun hot?" What is extraordinary though are the questions I heard from some Jr. High and High School children at church recently: "Why do bad things happen to ...

It's too easy for me. The choice to keep my faith a "personal belief" while not allowing it to impact my relationships, conversations and choices is so easy. After all, that's what culture is dictating faith should be. Once it becomes something that saturates every facet of who you are, ...

Who calls you "their hero"?Compassion International is giving people the chance to be somebody's hero.  And not just any somebody -- a child in poverty.  These children don't require their hero to wear a cape, fly or own a white horse.  All they need is someone who cares and who ...

We're just realizing we're more broken then we ever even imagined ... it's not about how we're going to get this all patched up ... it's how we're going to trust God to be enough.  Is His grace really sufficient as He says and can we really rest in that, ...

This weekend it was a deep joy and privilege to gather in a Pasadena church fellowship hall and mark an historic wedding anniversary. In fact, the images of the happy young couple still linger in my mind--along with Frank Sinatra and Celine Dion's melodic rendering that played as the slide ...

We have various Bibles in our home ... NKJ, NIV, NASB and even one in contemporary language.  My favorite though is a study Bible that was given to me by the Ambassador team in July 1996, when I left to join my husband in Okinawa where he was serving in ...

Ministry is about people, and ministering to people is about introducing them to a person … the King of Kings, the Lord of Lords - Jesus. What I love most about the ministry of Haven Today is that the focus of the broadcast is always on Christ.  As you’ve heard Charles ...

I came across a great quote from a new radio operator in Ghana.  This is what he said after receiving training from HCJB Global on how to effectively communicate to radio audiences: "Through this training I now know that I am the moon (as a presenter) and my listener (my ...

When I was little, I would gaze at the night sky. Shooting stars, the Milky Way, constellations - we could see it all from our backyard. I remember thinking how small I was and how expansive everything else seemed to be. The world, and just how big it was, was ...

Are you a grandparent, either to your own grandchildren, or to other special children in your life?  If so, then you know what a gift it is to be able to share your faith with them.    God has blessed me with seven wonderful grandchildren; two of which I’ve been ...

Unlike the Christian radio industry, good TV programming is hard to come by.  Rarely are shows thought provoking and engaging at the same time.  It's been my experience that most TV shows use sex, drugs, violence or special effects as their main story line. Brad Mattes, host of both "Life ...

Can I share a story that came across my desk recently with you? Abel, like most kids in his area, enjoyed playing soccer with his friends.  In fact, he was the goal keeper!  When his friends, however, decided to ride their bikes, he would be left behind.  This was because ...

There are days when trying to be a godly woman and living counter-culturally can feel like salmon swimming upstream.  It’s a constant battle to stay “up” against a powerful force – a culture that says it’s okay to give up and give in to what feels good at the moment. ...

It's evident all around...our country desperately needs prayer! If you haven't yet heard of "Pray and Act," you'll want to know what it's all about. Here's part of a letter straight from Jim Garlow, not only sharing about this event but also inviting you to participate! Dear Christian Friends, Succinctly ...

We can be the change we want to see in the world.Last Thursday, pastor Max Lucado shared his extraordinary plan to outlive his life with pastors all across the U.S. over a conference call.  Expressing that one of his personal goals is to see 25,000 children living in poverty sponsored, ...