by Derek Sanford | Jan 12, 2026 | Uncategorized
If you are a praying Christian, you’ve probably said these words thousands of times. “In Jesus’ name … amen.” If you haven’t thought about it too deeply, you may just think these four words are a way to signal that your prayer is wrapping up....
by Bill Hunter | Dec 17, 2025 | Uncategorized
And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. 9 And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. If you are of a certain...
by Derek Sanford | Dec 9, 2025 | Uncategorized
Every year around this time, churches gear up for Christmas Eve. It’s one of the biggest opportunities we have. The stats are familiar: most people who don’t attend church would actually come if someone invited them. So it’s prime season for inviting. But...
by Bill Hunter | Nov 26, 2025 | Uncategorized
When I was an undergraduate, back in the 1980s, I took a course called Physics for Poets. You can laugh all you want, but this course was both fascinating and met my science lab credit requirements to graduate. The class looked at a myriad of principles common in...
by Derek Sanford | Nov 5, 2025 | Uncategorized
My wife and I were driving from Pennsylvania to South Carolina right down the beautiful east coast of the great old U.S. of A. We were deep in conversation when I looked up and saw the shocking sign “Welcome to Tennessee.” Uhhhhh… that’s not on the way. Maybe you know...
by Bill Hunter | Oct 22, 2025 | Uncategorized
I grew up in a standard, middle-class, Midwestern family in the 1960s and 70’s. To say that we were brought up to be stoic would be an understatement. My mother’s family was German, and my father’s was, for lack of a better designation, Coal Miner. And while...