The Tooth Fairy

The Tooth Fairy

By Katy Mariotti The Love of a Parent “For children are not obligated to save up for their parents, but parents for their children. I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls. If I love you more, am I to be loved less?” 2 Corinthians 12:14b-15, English Standard Version As a parent, […]

Faithful in the Planting

Faithful in the Planting

by Anna Haiar Seed, Soil, Surrender! “So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth.”  1 Corinthians 3:7, English Standard Version The church in Corinth was struggling with division. Some believers proudly claimed they followed Paul, while others insisted they followed Apollos. Personalities had begun to […]

The Ever-Present Cross

The Ever-Present Cross

by Pastor Douglas Brauner Experiencing Grace When Distracted I needed to change my morning devotional routine (change can be good). For several years now that routine included reading a psalm, some other Scripture, then a proverb from the book of Proverbs. Daily contact with God’s Word is important and I feel a loss in my […]