Scraps to Beauty

They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Micah 4:3 My wife, Miska, has a necklace and hoop earrings from […]

The Right Focus

Rejoice that your names are written in heaven.  Luke 10:20 We’d known Kha for more than a year. He was part of our small group […]

God’s Protective Love

Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves. Matthew 7:15 One summer night, the birds […]

Serving Others for Jesus

Whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant. Mark 10:43 Actress Nichelle Nichols is best remembered for playing Lieutenant Uhura in the […]

A Gaze Fixed on God

You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you. Isaiah 26:3 Nineteenth-century Scottish pastor, Thomas Chalmers, once told the story of riding in […]

God’s Worker

The Lord was with Joseph and gave him success in whatever he did. Genesis 39:2 In a refugee camp in the Middle East, when Reza received a […]

A Call to Prayer

“I sat down and wept. . . . I mourned and fasted and prayed before the God of heaven“ Nehemiah 1:4 Abraham Lincoln confided to […]

Ripe for God’s Restoration

Restore us, God Almighty; . . . that we may be saved. Psalm 80:7 The pictures coming from a friend’s text stream were stunning! Photos […]