The Compassionate Judge: Mercy Triumphs

“Sometimes the best way to help a man who has fallen into a hole is not to throw him a rope, but to climb in.” – Scott Pelley, CBS Evening News   I recently heard a heartwarming story on CBS Evening News about a retired army sergeant named Joe Serna, who served 3 tours in Afghanistan as a Green Beret and earned two purple hearts. After surviving a tragic truck accident that killed three other soldiers, he developed PTSD and a fear of small cramped spaces. A few years ago, Joe had been arrested for drunk driving and was sentenced […]

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A Mother’s Reflection on Graduation Day

  It seems like just yesterday when I held him in my arms for the first time. God set eternity in the heart of this new being and I had the privilege of birthing him into existence. Staring at me with his big, blue eyes, he listened intently as I whispered to him everything that he needed to know in his first moments of life. I explained to him who I was, how happy I was to be his mommy and how I was going to take care of him and teach him all he needed to know until he […]

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Impacting the World with Powerful Music

Listening to Justin Jarvis talk about his recent ten-city tour is like listening to an excited little boy tell about opening his long awaited gift on Christmas morning. With bright wide eyes and a smile from ear to ear, Justin exudes elation. Not only is he a gifted and skillful musician living out his dream to captivate this generation through worship, but his radical love for Jesus is contagious. From pure and simple beginnings to a thriving worship ministry, Justin’s life conveys the heart of a passionate God in love with people.  As worship ministry director, he currently stewards all […]

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Learning our true identity through the Father’s love

When I was a child, I was Daddy’s little girl, his one and only. My parents were divorced when I was four, so I didn’t get to see him very much.  But when we were together, I remember feeling so special and content just to sit next to him as he would play with my hair or to sit on his shoulders playing with his beard.  Although I knew he loved me, he was and is a man of few words, so I have never really known his thoughts about me.  I was always afraid of disappointing him with who […]

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God does wonders through a willing heart

I never was a writer.  I never kept a diary.  I never liked English class.  I confess – I even plagiarized most of my school papers.  But that didn’t matter to God when he called my husband and me to publish a Christian Newspaper in South Florida.  After much prayer, research, planning, and a trip to the library, Grif, a restaurant manager, became publisher and I, an interior designer, became editor within a few short months.  Neither of us had any clue what we were doing, but we were zealous in our young faith and hopeful that God was going […]

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