Today is Halloween, a 10 billion dollar industry according to Forbes. Today is also Reformation Day and many Christians will remember Luther's hammer strike that fixed his 95 Theses to the church door at Wittenberg on October 31, 1517, thus beginning the Protestant...

Do you look too much on outward appearances? Spurgeon encourages us to remember that our "direst calamity" is our "greatest mercy." Hear Charles Haddon Spurgeon's words from 1878. "We ought to learn, again, that there is no depending on appearances. Have you not found...

Dear Lydia, From climbing trees to managing CFA, you ascend; rising up, moving onward, and looking outward and upward. From UP you see and we see. But, often in the Valley, when we are low, then we gaze upward most and see, know, and feel God's...

Dear Lydia, From climbing trees to managing CFA, you ascend; rising up, moving onward, and looking outward and upward. From UP you see and we see. But, often in the Valley, when we are low, then we gaze upward most and see, know, and feel God's...

Early mornings offer opportunities that are more elusive later in the day. Our house is quiet and there is a sense of calmness settled in our rooms. No one is calling, the challenges of the day are somewhat hidden, and new opportunities beckon me onward.  Today...