Today our Women's Ministries Director, Marlys Burgett, shares how our bible studies and their focus on worship, study and prayer have affected her every day life. I’m going to be totally honest here. This year has been probably the most difficult year in my life. Not that I haven’t been praying, studying and worshiping: I …
Prayer in Dry Times
The blast of summer heat came early this year. Grass crunched underfoot sooner, plants curled with stress smaller, gaping cracks appeared in the ground quicker. I reached down and could put my whole hand into one of those cracks and never touch bottom. It was that dry and it was still June. So, when clouds …
God is Aware
My favorite part of the newspaper is the comic page. It gives a slice of life. Baby Blues has some insightful family moments. One in particular has stuck with me. The mother looks in the mirror and exclaims in horror that she’s just found a hair on her chin. Her daughter walks by and says, “Oh, …
Why Do We Pray Together?
The simplest answer I have for that is, "I pray because Jesus prayed". That wasn’t always my answer. When I was a child I would have said, “I pray because I’ll get a stomachache if I don’t pray before I eat.” (Not the kind of parenting I would recommend, by the way). Later on, “I …
