Photo Credit Down the Rabbit Hole By Susan McKenzie, in the series: "On the Way Home" Have you ever dreamed you were late – like, very late – for a very important date? Alice, from the movie, Alice in Wonderland was fortunate to see the rabbit (no one else did!) and courageous enough to leave […]
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Is it Worship or Psychic Frenzy? By: Dr. Steven Crosby The following is an excerpt from our book: Praise, Worship and the Presence of the Lord: A Better Way to Worship – A New Covenant Perspective. Available at: http://www.stevecrosby.com/Praise-Worship-Presence-New-Covenant-p/pwpsc.htm Sometimes out of our innocence, and other times out of our naiveté, the church fails to […]
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What to do when they keep hurting you, over and over again… By: Kimberly Dimick Editor's Note: Kimberly is someone I know personally, who has personally lived what she teaches. Her voice of authority is empowered by many hours of searching and studying the Scriptures, along with walking with good counselors and a company of […]
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Danielle's Spa: Wisdom + Compassion = Love By: Susan Deborah Schiller My granddaughter and I were spending the summer together… I couldn't wait to share with her all my favorite childhood haunts… canoeing on the lake, the local swimming hole called "The Pit," trips to the library, and so much more. Caring for Danielle became […]
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What's in a Baby's Name? By: Susan Schiller Photo Credit A name is so important – it's what a child is going to hear all day long for the rest of her life. It's what she will answer to, and it's who she will become. In some cultures, a baby-naming ceremony creates a deeply […]
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American Jesus By: Deborah Lionne Photo Credit: Jesus Daily Would Jesus be welcome in a typical American town, today? Would I recognize Him? What would He look like? How would He dress? What kind of car would He be driving? Where would He stay? Who would He hang out with? My town is full of […]
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Was Yeshua A Great Leader? By: David Grant Photo Credit: David Grant When I think of Yeshua and leadership, I am more than a little mystified. By any standard, modern or historical, He was just awful. For the first 30 years he was just a good, oldest son. No one knew of his remarkable qualities. […]
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Photo Credit: David Grant With gratitude to David Grant for the enclosed caricature and story! Story Credit: Author Unknown THE TRIAL OF A PASTOR ON MULTIPLE COUNTS OF EXTORTION (the trial is fictitious but it reveals the truth about tithing as it is taught today) JUDGE: Mr. Jones you have been CHARGED WITH MULTIPLE COUNTS […]
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You Can Have A Full Life in the Emptiest of Places By: Susan McKenzie A modern paraphrase of Isaiah 58, based on "The Message" I will SHOUT! A full-throated shout! I will hold nothing back – a trumpet-blast shout! Tell my people what's going wrong with their lives, face my pastors and […]
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Voice of the Bride Speaks By: Susan Deborah Schiller Dear Mr. Pat Robertson, In 1979 you brought Barrie McGuire to the 700 Club and he sang a song that still reverberates in my imagination, "The Cosmic Cowboy." It forever changed my life, as He took me by the hand and I became His bride. This […]
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Letter to Fellow Pastors By: Pastor Jeff Crippen Editor's Note: The following open letter is written "pastor-to-pastor" but it will benefit all Christians to understand the dynamics of domestic violence in our churches and our proper responses when it happens in our church family. It's no longer a matter of "if" but "when" so let's […]
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A Discussion on "Organic Church versus Institutional Church" By: Dr. Stephen R. Crosby I recently had a private conversation with a mature brother on organic church versus institutional church “issues.” I have been encouraged by some friends to make this communication public, minus the private information and plus some minor editing. It seems germane to […]
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Ground Zero: Church Quake 1 Previous Chapter: Predators in the Pulpit By: Susan Schiller "This is your crucifixion. Just die," said my pastor, to me… My body was seated at my cubbyhole in the outer church office but inwardly my spirit was lying on a bloody battlefield. My spiritual eyes were peering up through the […]
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Hidden Casualties of War From the "The Voice of the Widow" series By: Kimberly Dimick An open letter to an abused and abandoned wife, a Vet, whose grief is a hundredfold because most of her friends sided with her abusive husband, a charming sociopath everyone loves to love. She drank the bitter poison offered her […]
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Did I live fully? Did I love well? By: Susan McKenzie Have you ever considered what you would like your epitaph to say? Nearly every day I walk through our local cemetery, where it seems I know more people in that neck of the neighborhood than among the neighboring streets and houses. It's the busiest […]
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