By Mark Sano In November, my family went hiking with 3 other families in western WA area. The hike took place during a rainy season when it rained so much that there were flood warnings for many areas near rivers. The night before the hike, I learned that a bridge in...
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12 Days of Christmas
(Photo Credit: Shutterstock) I remember vaguely hearing that the 12 Days of Christmas was a hidden code for Christian teachings. Like most people, I didn’t know the specifics and I decided to take a little time out to learn what it meant. Good old YouTube had a crash...
“I AM GOD’S MIRACLE!!”
By M.M. God makes miracles happen.I am 11 and I know I am God’s miracle.And I want to tell everyone, we are all GOD’s miracles! Every single one of us! Everyone has their own miracle story.For me, I could have not survived birth or lived even to take my first...
Studying God’s Loving Design: Caterpillars
If you do a Google search for “caterpillar to moth”, there are nearly 150,000 videos. And there are almost half a million videos of caterpillars turning into butterflies! This morning, I watched one of these with two of my kids. As we watched, I was reminded of the...
How a Millenial Gamer Came to Know God
By Nathan Breland It is said that God works in mysterious ways, and while I don’t want to discredit that perspective at all, I would also like to posit another seemingly contrary idea, that God works in very obvious and blatant ways as well. This concept does not...
I Want to be like Simon Cowell: Seeing and Drawing Out Innate Potential
I just want to share a link I hope you all will find as inspiring as I have: Simon Cowell’s Top 4 “I Know What I’m Doing” Moments This is Simon Cowell, a well known talent scout and judge on several talent competitions. In this particular video, he would stop a...
Finding God Every Day
By Ken Bates I’ve never seen a golden stairway into the heavens, or radiant angels with impressive wings. No booming voice from the clouds that shook the earth. But I have experienced God; not just conceptually, but real experiences. Many, many times. The glorious...
Letter to My Children
My dear children, This world is not the world I wished you would have to grow up in. I look to the future, and sometimes it looks so uncertain. I look at what surrounds you, and sometimes I weep. I wish you didn’t have to see and experience what this world is. But,...
Raising Our Children to Become Co-Creators
We are raising co-creators. So let’s let God’s creativity shine. Parents are such a big part of nurturing this. Parents encouraging creativity is important. Children feeling that their parents believe in them can also be life-changing. There is that adorable scene at...