Musings

By Victoria Ostrosky Being married is a good thing and being single is a good thing.  As the Apostle Paul said, whether you’re married or single is good.  Serving God and living for Him is the most important thing. For older adults, in Christian circles, being single can be a...

By Kirk McCarley As the parent of adult children, one of the disciplines I’ve tried to stick to has been refraining from giving advice.  Without doubt I’ve fallen short of that aspiration at times. I have shared with my son, daughter, and their respective spouses that one of the greatest gifts...

By David Holland, “As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said. But Martha was distracted by all...

By Rick Moore  We called her Sitti, which is the Arabic word for grandmother. She was four feet and eleven inches tall, but that was only when she was wearing high-heels. The driver’s seat of her car had two pillows in it for her to sit on. Even while sitting...

By Sean Dietrich It was our place. That’s what it was. I grew up in a little fishing village, nestled in the Florida Panhandle. This was long before the tattoo parlors, before the T-shirt shops, before Whole Foods and Bass Pro. Today our little town is not even a shadow...

By Victoria Ostrosky Remember that scene in The Hobbit where Bilbo Baggins, confused and upset with twelve dwarves who showed up on his doorstep, ate his food, messed up his house and invited him to be their ‘burglar’ on a quest to take back their homeland and treasure?  And Gandalf...

By Kirk McCarley, “The voice mailbox is full and cannot accept any more messages.  Good-bye.” How does that response from someone else’s phone make you feel?  Admittedly for me there are several initial reactions:  denial, unworthiness, and rejection are a few that come to mind.  After a moment of reframing comes...

Jesus a prodigal Son? We think of the prodigal son from Christ’s famous story in Luke 15 as someone who selfishly took his share of his father’s inheritance before the man was even dead. Then he took that wealth and wasted it on drunken parties and prostitutes. How could...

By Rick Moore Jimmy was meticulous with every detail. He used a magnifying glass to make sure every part was glued together perfectly. He spent months building his miniature sailboat. To him, it was much more than a toy. The boat was a working replica of a schooner, complete with...

By Pastor David Holland On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they entered, they did not find the body of the...