by Paula Harrington Recently, a friend and sister in Christ who lives nearly ten thousand miles away e-mailed telling me of her conversion and what life is like for a Christian living in her country. As I read her story, I was brought to tears. Due to the law in her country, neither she nor her husb...

You can’t turn on the television, open the newspaper, or talk to friends these days without the topic of the economy being one of the main issues. Everyone has some concerns about America’s financial crisis and although Christians know that this world is not their home, some are still interested...

by Paula Harrington For the past few weeks, my family has been dealing with the worst ice storm to ever hit Kentucky. On January 26th through January 27th, nearly two inches of ice coated roads, power lines, and trees. The storm left half a million people in Kentucky without electricity, phone servi...

by Paula Harrington Recently, my family visited the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The sites and exhibits were breathtaking and provided a good time for the entire family. One of the features that the center offers is a 3-D IMAX movie detailing the mission of the twelve men who hav...

While our electricity was out for nine days, we were left with only one working phone. The phone in the family room is one of those old fashioned phones. You know the kind that still have the cord attached. Apparently, this type of phone created an anomaly for my teenagers. Since all four of my olde...

I posted this piece a few months ago when the hurricane made its way to Kentucky. This morning it became all to relevant again. However that first line should read "the last 9 days thanks to the worst ice storm to ever come through" :) The last four days have been the darkest days of my life, litera...

My father was a minister. From my earliest memories, I was taught that Jesus was the Son of God. He did live, he did come to earth, and he did give his life for others and I believed that...for awhile. My father, the unwavering patriarch of our small family, was diagnosed with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s di...

by Paula Harrington "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lamp stand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glori...

Whether it’s time, energy, money or food we have allowed ourselves to become a wasteful society. Jesus even speaks of being wasteful in the parable of the prodigal son ( Luke 15:11-32). Not only can we learn about wasteful living in the parable, we can also learn other valuable lessons. * True hap...

by Paula Harrington Every October, for the past few years, my family and I have participated in a church retreat at Fall Creek Falls State Park in southeastern Tennessee. The park features the largest waterfall east of the Mississippi River and many hiking trails. Each evening we have a devotional a...