Sheds of HOPE

I was reminded this week of the importance of “Retelling” the Christmas Story.  We live in a world consumed by retail. Most in the retail business depend heavily on the Christmas...

This past weekend we saw a powerful phenomenon.  About 100 RUF college students from Oklahoma, Arkansas and Texas descended on the Sheds of Hope warehouse. This far surpassed our usual 20-or-so...

In and around Moore, Oklahoma “Sheds of Hope” are beginning to rise above the partially cleared rubble where houses once stood. The project is sponsored by the Presbyterian Church in America’s “Mission to...

The crippling of our hearts can only be undone by looking to Jesus. “But Peter said, ‘I have no silver and gold, but what I do have I give to you....

Ralph doesn’t want to be a bad guy! My latest favorite movie is Wreck-It-Ralph. I have to admit up front, this is just the latest in a long line of movie favorites....

Adam Names Everything Under His Care Genesis 2:20 So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds of the air and all the beasts of the field. Jesus Prays...

1. If you are still looking at people within the church as they once were – crippled and broken by sin – your heart is crippled and needs to be transformed...

Celebrating can be peaceful or boisterous, private or shared; but it leaves a lasting impression. The gathering place for our family celebrations when I was a child was in my grandparents’ cottage...

Ask God to take the fear of the king of this world that would hold sway over your life and replace that fear with the LOVE of the King of Kings,...

I grew up in Northern Ireland where eighty per cent of the people attending the little church I attended every Sunday fought for fifty per cent of the pews. Well, they...