From the monthly archives: November 2008

Redeemer

On November 24, 2008 By

In 1982, a waitress at an Ada bar was raped and brutally murdered. It was an immense tragedy in an otherwise quiet, small town in central Oklahoma. As you can imagine, it caused quite a stir in Ada. Eventually, prosecutors pressed charges against Ron Williamson. Ron was once a local hero in Ada, having been [...]

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Renewal

On November 18, 2008 By

There is an age old story about a beauty and a beast that has been told and retold through the ages. Disney popularized it in a movie a few years ago which is the version that most of our children know. In the original story, Belle is the youngest daughter of a merchant who hopes [...]

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Joseph, An Early Hunger Relief Worker

On November 11, 2008 By

Ben Homan, President and CEO of Food for the Hungry, speaks about the person God calls and how we can be involved in God’s work of redeeming people out of poverty at all levels: personal, spiritual, relational, and physical.

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We Have a New President-elect

On November 5, 2008 By

I awoke this morning to two sounds: “Happy Birthday!” was being extended to my oldest son, Dunning, who turned twelve. The day he was born was election day and Rhonda voted from her hospital bed, recovering from a difficult delivery. The second sound was a question: “Daddy, is our country okay?” This second question [...]

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Election

On November 2, 2008 By

On Tuesday, if you haven’t already, many of you will go and cast your vote in the next presidential election. It is an important election as the man elected will implement his own vision for our country that will impact the rights of the unborn, the understanding of the family, the solution to our teetering [...]

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Power

On November 2, 2008 By

Ecclesiastes 4 speaks of the danger of oppression and how both the bully and the bullied are left with no one to comfort them. How can we properly understand and use power?…

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