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Telling the Story: What lies beneath
BY DAWN REED Life had been hard for Miss Slone before the flood. Before July 28, she had been going through chemo for cancer. Due to missing work for her treatments, she was let go. She has already lost her mother, father and four siblings to brain or colon cancer. Meanwhile, she has pressed on,
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Potatoes, Eggs and Coffee
BY JACK WARDPASTOR, TOMAHAWK MISSIONARY BAPTIST Once upon a time, a daughter complained to her father that her life was miserable and that she didn’t know how she would make it. She was tired of fighting and struggling all the time. It seemed that just as one problem was solved, another soon followed. Her father,
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The Power of Remembrance Part 3
BY GREG CRUM “And Peter calling to remembrance saith unto him, Master, behold, the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away. And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God. For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea;
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Telling the Story: Seeing Clearly
BY DAWN REED It was the strangest thing: All of a sudden, she looked older. Much older. Her face was all wrinkly. She saw it every time she looked in the mirror. And her legs…they had varicose veins! Everywhere. Why, she’d never noticed those. Something strange must have happened during the surgery. She would need
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Crippled and Blind But Walking in the Lord
BY JACK WARDPASTOR, TOMAHAWK MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH Paul Davis had been the chief procurement officer for the State of Washington in the 1930s-40s–a task that involved the expenditure of millions of dollars and tremendous authority. Tragically, an arthritic condition developed, gradually stealing his mobility, eventually claiming his eyesight and rendering him nearly deaf. His wife,
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The Power of Remembrance Part 2
BY GREG CRUM “Quench not the Spirit. Despise not prophesyings. Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.” I Thessalonians 5:19-21 Here in the fifth chapter of I Thessalonians we are given some short, to-the-point commandments from the Lord. One is to not quench (think of putting a fire out) the Spirit of God.
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Telling the Story: Mr. Goodson’s Apples
BY DAWN REED Mr. Goodson thought his apples were poison. Hold that thought. A few weeks ago, my friend and neighbor, Paige, spotted beautiful apples on our other neighbor’s tree. Since we both love the delicious fruit, she encouraged me to ask if we could pick some. She had company that evening and couldn’t go.
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Pushing the Rock
BY JACK WARDPASTOR, TOMAHAWK MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH I have been pondering a story of a weak, sickly man. The man was so sick and he could not afford to go to town to the doctor. The man lived in the deep back woods in an old log cabin, and his condition seemed to grow worse.
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The Power of Remembrance
BY GREG CRUM “I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins. Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified.” Isaiah 43:25-26 Thank the Lord there are some things God promises to “forget,” and others He promises
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Telling the Story: God Working in Esther
BY DAWN REED My beloved gifted me with The Women of the Bible Speak by Shannon Bream. I’ve been digging into the lives and stories of 16 Bible girls, applying their wisdom to life today. When I began the chapter on Esther, I wondered what new things God would show me. (I will never, ever
