Create Memories for Your Children

We all do it, or at least try. We save for trips to amusement parks, camping trips, and excursions to museums in the city. I'm willing to guess, if you don't, you feel like you are missing out. That your children are somehow not getting what other children have, and you have missed out on creating childhood memories. You're not. In fact, many of those who have succeeded in providing elaborate…

Moving from Broken to Beautiful Through Grief

CVB: What was your motivation for writing this book on overcoming grief? Yvonne: The way I approached this book is that there are not only those who are mourning, but there are also those who want to be helpers. Those experiencing grief have family, friends, and co-workers who sometimes don’t know what to say. Sometimes they open their mouth and say something hurtful or harmful without…

Healthcare & Hospitals Pioneered by Christian Charity (Part 3)

At the time of the Revolutionary War, the United States had a population of 3 million, which was: 98 percent Protestant, 1 percent Catholic, 1/10th of 1 percent Jewish. After the Great Irish Potato Famine, 1845- 1849, immigration raised the Catholic population in America to over 20 percent. In modern America, the Catholic Church has the largest membership and is the nation’s largest…

Is Your Communication Transactional or Covenantal?

I’ve begun to think of transactional conversation as essential to running our lives. It's not covenantal connection kind of stuff. Life requires us to accomplish tasks, run businesses and households, pay bills, get the kids signed-up for baseball, etc. They are the transactions that keep our lives operating smoothly. When those transactions don’t take place in a timely manner, or happen at all,…

God’s Wisdom

"The LORD gives wisdom … he stores up sound wisdom for the upright; he is a shield to those who walk in integrity … wisdom will come into your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul … understanding will guard you."—Proverbs 2:6–11 ESV There are many ways to define wisdom. In the sixth century BC, Greek writer Aeschylus said wisdom “comes through suffering.” In the eighteenth century,…

Escaping the House of Bondage

Is there some area of your life where you need to get unstuck? This month as we celebrate the Feast of Passover and Jesus’ death and resurrection, it’s the perfect time to receive God’s favor for a new beginning. Whether you need freedom from an addiction, release from a toxic relationship, healing from some sickness, or rescue from financial lack, this can be your breakthrough month! The…

Discernment

"These proverbs will give insight to the simple, knowledge and discernment to the young."—Proverbs 1:4 NLT How can we tell the difference between subjective opinions and statements that genuinely are true? This can be challenging. The fact is that some people can make anything sound convincing, even false statements. Faced with this level of deception, it can be easy to find ourselves deceived.……

We’ll Understand

"He will destroy death forever. The Lord God will wipe away the tears from every face and remove his people’s disgrace from the whole earth, for the Lord has spoken."—Isaiah 25:8 HCSB Maxwell Cornelius was brought up on a farm but became a brick mason and contractor in his youth. Then, working on a building project, he suffered a severely broken leg. The diagnosis revealed that the only hope was…

‘The Best Decision You Could Make’

Growing up in Argentina, Angel and his family were some of the very few Christians at that time. Looking back, he estimates that fewer than 10% of his neighbors had a personal relationship with Christ. “I was blessed to be raised in a home that knew Christ and taught others about Him,” Angel shares. “My father was a pastor, and my faith became personal to me at age 12.” The turning point…

Angels and Demons

Excerpt taken from The Bible Dimensions and the Spiritual Realm: Are Heaven, Angels, and God Closer Than We Think? by Jeff Rhoades Chapter 9 Angels and Demons I was practically an atheist in my childhood. Science was what led me to the conclusion that the world is much more complex than we can explain. I can only explain the mystery of existence to myself by the Supernatural. –Allan Sandage…