“Jesus replied: ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments” Matthew 22:37-40 Kerry was visiting [...]

Are you running ragged? Can we pray for you today? “I am the vine, you are the branches.   If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing” (John 15:5). When my kids eat a cupcake, they don’t actually EAT the cupcake. Usually [...]

by Helen Grace Lescheid Also available as a podcast at: http://thelife.com/blogs/experience/kindle/2008/06/11/we-have-nothing-to-fear-2/ ** Does fear lie at the root of your negative thoughts? Be challenged to move forward by taking this free online study. http://thelife.com/study/dealinganxiety.html?section=dealinganxiety Scripture: “Fix your thoughts on what is true and honorable and right. Think about things that are pure and lovely and [...]

You’re a “Grandpa” now and will one day be expected to be wise and philosophical, so here’s some ammunition….not all of it…but some of it. Grandpa, some ninety plus years, sat feebly on the patio bench. He didn’t move, just sat with his head down staring at his hands. When I sat down beside him he [...]

“Colleen is a very conscientious student…” That’s how every report card began. A teacher politely telling my parents something they already knew. Namely, that their daughter feared failure. Call it pride. Call it perfectionism. The fact is, I’ve always cared about doing things well. And when I can’t, I’m devastated. In Grade 2, it was [...]

by  Helen Grace Lescheid Does fear lie at the root of your negative thoughts? Be challenged to move forward by taking this free online study. http://thelife.com/study/dealinganxiety.html?section=dealinganxiety Scripture: Fix your thoughts on what is true and honorable and right. Think about things that are pure and lovely and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and [...]

Do you feel alone? Can we pray for you today? Contact us and we will pray with you. “Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?” (Matthew 6:26) I had [...]

Learn contentment in all situations by studying God’s provision: Take our Contentment with God’s Provision interactive online study. “Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they” (Matthew 6:26)? I had [...]

Has anyone seen my time? I’ve misplaced it. “What did you do all morning?” I said to my mom one day during lunch. After all, I was working hard at school. How come she couldn’t accomplish anything in a whole morning? After I finished school and got married, I understood better. I strove to be [...]

I couldn’t cry. I knew if I started I would never stop. My whole world had crashed before my very eyes but I had to be strong. I had to hold it together. I had to seem like everything was going to be all right. For their sake I needed to be in control at all [...]