God Is

Whether feared or loved, there has always been some form of God in human awareness throughout history. By whatever name we use, the Divine Presence of God has been acknowledged and affirmed by civilizations the world over. But, who, or what, God is precisely has...

Ellen Fannin’s Top 10 Pearls of Wisdom

It has been 17 years, but I did do some math. Although by the calendar it has been 17 years, when you take into account the amount of overtime and extra hours I’ve put in, I calculated that it has been more like 25 years in work hours. And, besides, I’ve trained 3...

The Wisdom of a Good Witch

Do you recall the words of Glinda, the Good Witch, spoken to Dorothy in the closing scenes of the Wizard of Oz?  As you might recall, Dorothy spent a great deal of effort yearning and striving to get back home from a place that was foreign to her. She...

Our Words Are Like Toothpaste

Words are like toothpaste. Have you ever heard of words compared to a tube of toothpaste? Do you know how toothpaste can get sloppy, if we’re not paying attention? It can goop all over the top and make a sticky, gooey mess! However, when used properly, toothpaste...

It Takes A Village

May Volunteer Ministry of the Month: Youth & Family Ministry “It takes a village to raise a child.” This African proverb places the responsibility on an entire community for interacting with children in a way that insures those children experience a safe and...

The Impeccable Word

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” So begins the Gospel of John, which, like the Book of Genesis, contemplates the beginnings of all Creation. A close consideration reveals that, not only was the Word “in” the beginning,...
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