By Abbigayle Adams … Rob Watts knew a fey when he saw one. It’d be impossible not to after working ten years airport security in this town. Sometimes they took off their wings and didn’t have to employ the traditional trench coat disguise to hide them, but they never could get rid of that glamour on their cheeks.
We are raising a generation inside an environment designed around interruption. Feeds refresh endlessly. Videos compete for attention in seconds. Headlines are rewarded for emotional force. Even Christian content can be shaped by the same pressures… By Douglas Vandergraph
By Stephanie Egeolu … Whenever we encounter difficulties, we shift our focus from Him. We cry and wail about how big our problems are, that we seem to forget that God is bigger.
By Alexander Robertson … It was a dark day at the end of a dark time. September 1, 2022. What should have been a pleasant day to remember the life and work of the great J.R.R Tolkien was instead the release date for Morgoth’s most evil creation, well, Jeff Bezos’, but that’s pretty much the same thing.
By Lyn Bennett Wilson That’s the thing about this city—it truly never changes. It’s not only historic, but also cold, industrial, and decrepit. It’s the perfect place to run if you were trying to escape the consequences of a crime. Many people would call what happened a murder. It was a hit-and-run, drunk or drugged […]
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
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.
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
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
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
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.