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...

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...

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...

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...

by Paula Harrington As we bid good-bye to one year and usher in a new one, many in the world will make resolutions hoping to change their lives for the better. However, as children of God, our resolution should be to become more like Christ. We know that the best way to grow closer to God is to satu...

 …the light from heaven is about to break upon us…. Luke 1:78 While frantically knitting and crocheting to complete some Christmas gifts I have watched several “Christmas movies”.  You know the kind, a person is too busy for love and family then learns the “tr...

by Paula Harrington For the past ten years my family and I have worshiped with a small congregation in western Kentucky. Over those years, we have been blessed to meet and come to love many great Christians. Sadly, though, we have said good-bye to thirteen this year; some lived many years and some w...

by Paula Harrington You are running, heart pounding, and sweat streaming, faster than you have ever run before. While the moon casts shadows on the ground beneath you and the cool breeze rustles the leaves on the trees, you try to escape the weight of the world, including the endless stresses at hom...

by Paula Harrington 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 le...