Tuesday, July 8, 2025

He lives within my heart

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It was Easter Sunday in 1932 and Alfred Ackley, a Presbyterian minister, evangelist and musician living in Escondido, California, was bothered by a recent...

Radical obedience

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On Dec. 8, 2024, seven young adults shared their testimony, stepped into a livestock tank on the sanctuary stage and were baptized by the...

Being a church for all generations

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One recent Sunday morning as I looked around the church sanctuary, I realized that while the congregation wasn’t large, it included seven generations, from...

Pray for all people

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“I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayer, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people—for kings and all those in authority, that...

The end of the story

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When our oldest daughter was a preschooler, she liked to “preach.” Her version of preaching was standing on a small bench and retelling the...

Ordinary people

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The first week of April, as this issue was being finalized, my father unexpectedly entered hospice and instead of living weeks, he lived days....

A pinch of salt

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While making a cheesecake for Valentine’s Day, I was surprised that the recipe called for 1/8 teaspoon of salt. Why salt, since it was...

Always winter

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This past Christmas season, one of the Advent sermons at my church touched on the time between the Old and New Testaments, sometimes called...