Nov
09
2024
America has been portrayed as a lady—a lady of grace and beauty from sea to shining sea, purple mountain’s majesty, amber waves of grain, among fruited plains.
President Abraham Lincoln cautioned all present and future Americans to cherish and protect...
Nov
06
2024
My husband Shann and I are part of a beautiful community of believers who participate in an organization called Goldenwood. This program is designed to realign work with love and deepest calling.
The first question they ask us to contemplate...
Nov
04
2024
One of our staff posted something on their social media which deeply grieved another staff member. This is always challenging. How do we handle our disagreements? This situation caused me to think for a long time about culture care...
Nov
01
2024
St. Paul wrote letters beautifully to his friends, especially after establishing Christian communities. This is what he did to his friends in Corinth, Greece, a city with a population of 90,000 and a culture rich in Greek mythology.If I...
Oct
30
2024
I opened my office drawer for a notecard and found the one I selected was already written on in my dad’s handwriting.
It’s a card with a beautiful tree on the front. He wrote it to the NBC office staff.
Hello...
Oct
28
2024
One of my friends says a powerful prayer when something difficult or challenging happens in her life or in the lives of those she prays for.
When she experiences a hardship or challenge, she immediately prays that this great struggle...
Oct
25
2024
You must build hope, for the day will come when it is desperately needed!
Myelin is a coating that covers your circulatory neurons. Every time you perform a skill, you are creating myelin. Electricity travels across those neurons and how...
Oct
23
2024
As my husband Shann and I read and pray through Hebrews every night, we are struck by the admonition to look to the invisible realm where Christ reigns, the hidden world beyond the material world.
This reminds me of the...
Oct
22
2024
Dad and I had lovely conversations. He was a masterful listener and question-asker most of the time. When we had a spare moment, he might start by saying something he appreciated about my life. Then he would ask an...
Oct
18
2024
For by grace we have been saved through faith not of works lest any man should boast. – Paul
The Christian faith presents many paradoxes, which initially to the newcomer of the faith don’t make sense. To the agnostic or...
