What Shall I Give God? Only All That I Am…
My guest blogger today is Karla Petty, whose article, originally titled “One Fool’s Offering. What’s Yours?” was featured in …
Do You Wish You Felt Closer To God?
Join me For the 2017 “Journey Within” writing retreat at Shrine Mont [Text from flyer below, since it’s hard to read online]: …
Faith Is Like Swaddling Cloths
Welcome to Connection Messenger* and today’s guest blogger, Lisa Mikitarian, who writes beautiful and compelling articles about living out her …
7 Spiritual Growth Lessons Learned From My Grapevines
Grapes at Cave Ridge Vineyard photographed by Rod Shepherd and used with permission For years, we had lush and lovely grapevines growing along …
Can You Separate The Threads Of Life’s Essential Connections?
This almost became a Christian blog Until I recently established an editorial schedule of writing about each of the four essential life connections …
Why Do Christians Have To Struggle?
Sermon I preached at Episcopal services in Beckford Parish, VA 8/18/13 The Day’s Gospel: Luke 12: 49-53 “I came to bring fire to the earth, …
CONNECTION SPOTLIGHT: Faith And Imagery
Pentecost: Spirit’s Fire Today, Christian churches celebrate Pentecost as the commemoration of the descent of the Holy Spirit on the twelve …
Book Review: In the Likeness of God by Philip Yancey and Paul Brand
Our body is a living miracle and all the evidence we need that there is a divine Creator. In the Likeness of God by Dr. Paul Brand and Philip Yancey …
New Year…but not so Happy
Nothing is certain and nothing can be taken for granted. My planned “Happy New Year” wish to my readers seems hollow in the face of a …