Global Food Crisis Day.   In partnership with radio stations, media, churches and bloggers, Compassion International is working to spread the word about the Global Food Crisis.  We hope to raise both awareness and funds to feed those who are most critically impact...

A common theme in our church says that "We are blessed to be a blessing."  Our lead pastor, Glen Elliott, preached again, this morning, about being blessed.  So often, when someone says, "I've been blessed," or "God has really blessed me," the person is ...

My cousin Paul sent me a link to this Canadian organization, so I've been looking at the information on each of the women involved in it.  The goal of one of the founders:  "To create a Canada where demand for abortion dwindles and decreases until there is none left, not b...

One of those self-defeating things Christians sometimes fall into is the pressure, mostly perceived in error, to be always up , always fantastic!  Perish the thought that other people, especially other Christians, would know that, sometimes, we're about as far from fantastic! as one human ...

I know God can heal the sick.  I've experienced it, myself, and know of many other examples.  I also know He doesn't always do that.  I believe that, when He doesn't heal, He does have a reason, although we might never know what it is, in this life...or...

I'm about three weeks late with this reference, but--having looked over the list of prayer requests at this link--I believe every one of them is still needed.  Please continue to pray for Kenya, for all of God's work going on, over there, including Compassion's.  Pray also for all Kenyans ...

Reading some information about my friends' grandbaby, I realized I hadn't updated the requests and praises, lately.  So... Ken is about half-way through his radiation treatments and is doing very well on them, with few of the anticipated side effects.  That's a praise!  He still has t...

Suicide is not an easy subject, but an article about it was headlined in one of our local papers, a couple of days ago.  Many readers of the online edition left comments, mostly slanted on the need to make suicide easier to talk about.  The idea is that someone who is feeling suicidal or h...