Making 2021 a “God & Me” Year
Our family mapped out our vision and goals for the new year last month. In 2021, my daughter wants to take time and give intentional focus to...
Do You Believe in “True Love”?
By K.A. It’s particularly in February - right around Valentine’s Day - that people are reminded, once again, of the phrase “true love”. For many...
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...
God’s Love in Nature
At the beginning of the year, I drill my kids with one lesson: God Loves You Infinitely. I use all angles and examples to teach this. Look at...
Starting with God: Lessons from My Snowshoe Hike
I went snowshoeing with my sister on the weekend to start the New Year. It was cold, it was long, but it was wonderful. Here are five things we...
Doing the Right Thing is Never Easy, But Don’t Give Up, History Needs You
Amazing Grace (2006) is a biographical movie about William Wilberforce, a British parliamentarian credited for passing anti-slave trade legislation...
Happy Valentines Day, My Love
Even though it's nearly Valentine's Day, I have my daughter's Christmas card up on our counter. I can't remember how she came up with the message,...
A Daughter’s First True Love
By N.M. There is a common saying that goes, “A girl’s first true love is her father.” I’m lucky to have been one of those daughters who had a really...
One Thing You Can Do Every Morning to Make Your Life Better
When I started college, my sister shared a poem with me. Just as life was getting busy with classes, grades, projects, labs, clubs, and making ends...
Career Advice for All of Us: Check with God First
Jason Brown was the highest paid American football player in 2009. His was at the top of his game. Then, suddenly, a year later, he quit football to...
10 Cent Candy Bar: My First Gift to Mom and Dad
When I was five or six years old, I was influenced by an idea—probably from Sunday school—that “giving is better than receiving.” It was probably...
Plan, but Leave Room for God
We have had quite a year, with so many unexpected, unprecedented events, not just in our lives, but in the world. My son approached me one morning....
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...
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...
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...
A Testimony of True Love
By Dennis Jamison Not long ago, I described an experience to some people in which I was awakened at about 2 AM. In the fog of my mind, I noticed an...
My First Encounter with the God of Love
This is a short excerpt of an interview Rev. Chung Hwan Kwak had earlier this year. In this excerpt he shared his first encounter with the living...
Love at 90
By K.T. A lot of people muse about what “true love” is. I’ve recently been witness to it, in a very personal way. My mom, who just turned 90 in...
Pink Donuts and Finding All the Ways We Can Be Grateful to God
We hadn’t gone to 7-Eleven in a while because of the quarantine. But on the way home that day, we decided to stop by to get my little girl a treat....
Twelve Kids?
By T. Jeon Today, it’s become extremely unusual to have four kids. One or two is the norm, three raises eyebrows but four is just a bombshell. I’ve...
My Letter to Dad
Some notes for dad: Thank you for your love. I am especially lucky to have a father like you who makes sure I am healthy and strong. You push me to...