Staff Blog

SEARCHING IN SHADOWS

07/20/2025

On every mountain high, and every valley low, On every cruise ship wide, to every country go, To the new career change, to the new, next “real” love, Lasting pleasure his quest; his eyes won’t search above.   The shadow of pleasure is what everyman stalks, Feeling high? Numbing pain? Searching like soaring hawks. Salve…

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INDEPENDENCE DAY

07/07/2025

July 4, 1776   Oh, Independence Day! Blessed Declaration! The law above a king, blessed separation! Unalienable rights, endowed by the Lord God. Truths that we will hold dear. The governed have the nod.   And for seven long years, a war of attrition. Bunker Hill and Breed’s Hill, Concord and Lexington. Fort Ticonderoga, Trenton…

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Freedom

07/03/2025

As we celebrate the Fourth of July this week, we’re reminded of the incredible gift of freedom—both as citizens of this country and, even more importantly, as followers of Christ. While fireworks and festivities fill the sky, let’s not forget the deeper freedom we have through Jesus: freedom from fear, from sin, and from anything…

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Father

06/10/2025

A joy-filled, but hard task, Be a dad? Sacrifice. Of you, much will be asked. Live for self? Won’t suffice!   Loving and living, Serving and sharing, Guiding and giving, Teaching and trying.   Give them a model, How you love your wife. No room to be idle. Face problems in your life.   Wisdom…

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DESERT

05/13/2025

We live in a desert, desert sand all around, So little life, so hot, in this heat will I “drown”? Parched, bone dry and weary, where is water to drink? Where is an oasis? In these dunes will I sink?   The heat so oppressive, beating down, a furnace, The sun so relentless, much of…

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Mother

05/06/2025

Before I could see you I labored for long weeks. When you finally came, I kissed your rosy cheeks. Every day we loved you for almost eighteen years, Every day in our home, through fun, work, prayers and tears.   Nighttime feeding, Diaper-changing, Baby-cooing, Not much snoozing!   Learning to talk, Learning to walk, ‘Fraid…

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