Rarer Than Rubies
By Jordan Ellis Christensen … Such a wife is worth more than wealth /
She’s rarer than all rubies rich!
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Faithful Friday: Pope St. Pius X
In 1853, in a small Italian village, a baby boy was born to an unassuming and quiet family. That boy, Joseph Sarto, would one day rise to the office of Pope, an office that he, to his dying day, felt unworthy of…
By TK Wilson
The Creation Museum: A Critique of “Christian Disneyland”
By T. K. Wilson … I am of the personal opinion that Mr. Ham and his followers have a problem, and that problem is the idea that they are the arbiters of truth when it comes to Genesis. Their way or the highway; they think they know the mind of God.
Read MoreFaithful Friday: Saint Phocas
Saint Phocas is a reminder that you don’t need a pulpit to make a difference – sometimes, all it takes is a garden and an open door…
By Lyn Bennett Wilson
Biblical Love
God tells husbands to love their wives. How are we to do that, and what does that love look like?
By Jim Wilson
My Grandfather’s Hayfield
By Lawrence “Mack in Texas” Hall … From my own fields I can hear the band / The high school marching band, oom-pah, oom-pah / From several miles away, with merry songs / and merry cheers around the homecoming bonfire
Read MoreForgiving from the Heart
We know Jesus’ answer: “Not seven times, but seventy-seven times” (v. 22). The King James Version renders this “seventy times seven.” Regardless whether it is seventy-seven times or four hundred ninety times, it is obvious that Jesus put no limit on the times we are to forgive… By Bessie Wilson
Read MoreEquipping Our Children: Teaching Biblical Apologetics and Embracing Hard Questions
By Steven & Kathryn White …
In teaching biblical apologetics to our children, it’s essential to create an environment where hard questions are not only welcomed but encouraged. Doubt and skepticism are natural parts of the human experience, and our children should feel safe to explore their faith and wrestle with difficult theological concepts.
The Church Garage Sale
A garage sale is a rebuke to us all –
The metaphysical finger having writ
Turns now from that lost Babylonian wall
And points at us as if to scribe this bit:… By Lawrence “Mack in Texas” Hall
Exodus Decoded
By Amanda Pizzolatto … In this day and age, it seems many scientists, and non-scientists, are determined to prove the Bible as pure lies, or inspired by the mythos of surrounding civilizations. An interesting position to take considering that the mythos of a country is typically an exaggerated history of their people, using gods to explain the unexplainable.
Read MoreSummer 2026: In-Laws & Extended Family
Join us as we explore Marriage and the Family with a focus on In-Laws and Extended Family. In-laws and extended family can be quite the blessing, or sometimes quite the challenge. In our issue we cover both of those sides, with advisory pieces on restoring relationships with family and personal poetry mourning the loss of beloved in-laws. Our readers can find pieces written from multiple perspectives.
Read MoreWe’ve Created A Monster
Why? Why this fervor to annihilate the most human of all pursuits? Simple answer: human artists can be pedantic, sanctimonious losers…
By Ian Wilson
Lina’s Story Part 2: El Roi- The God Who Sees
By Lyn Wilson … The ocean outside the cave seemed angry. The froth rose and fell as the waves pummeled the shore. The sand was littered with seaweed, bits of shell and pieces of fishermen’s nets.
Read MoreA Deer and I Surprised Each Other
By Lawrence “Mack in Texas” Hall … Silence
We paused
We looked
She leaped
Ginny’s Cookie Jar Part 5: The Progressive Proposal
Lillian stood frozen. She looked at the man who had been her friend since the “earth’s crust was forming”—the man who had spent the last three hours watching her heart rate more closely than the appetizers.
Read MoreYour Heart as a Tabernacle
By Lawrence “Mack in Texas” Hall … The heart is a tabernacle upon the Altar
Within it reposes our hopes and dreams
Mr. Smith and Washington
By Amanda Pizzolatto … Before Frank Capra could open “The Greatest Gift”, he would journey with “The Man from Montana”. Before staying in Bedford Falls, there was a trip to Washington D.C. Before there was George Bailey, there was Jefferson Smith.
Read MoreYou Have To Work
The issue with artists is that in order to be decent as an artist, you have to actually sit down at the drawing board and work. You don’t get good by accident.
By Ian Wilson
Who Is My Favorite Hero?
By Lawrence “Mack in Texas” Hall … Do you now, or have you ever… / Worked double shifts or double jobs to pay the bills / Read to your children instead of yelling at them / Had to jump-start your car in the pre-dawn cold…
Read MoreSurgical Dreams
Under anesthesia,
there’s no REM sleep.
Yet, what’s recalled sure does loom large…
By William S. Kilgore
