New Every Morning……

Lamentations 3:22-24 Because of the LORD’s great love we are not consumed,    for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning;    great is your faithfulness. I say to myself, “The LORD is my portion;    therefore I will wait for him.” As...

Crossing the line……..

Psalm 16:5-7 LORD, you alone are my portion and my cup;    you make my lot secure. The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;    surely I have a delightful inheritance. I will praise the LORD, who counsels me;    even at night my heart instructs me....

Painting Your Story……………..

When I asked my class to paint their favorite part of the book we are reading right now in class, they all looked at me like, “you’ve got to be kidding.” But as time went by, their pieces of paper became canvases displaying different parts of the...

The Right Box……

Yesterday’s Easter message began with the story of a girl’s hope chest and how she stored inside it all the special things in which she was placing her future hope. Our minister went on to talk about the fact that each of us has a “hope chest”...

The GIST of Good Friday……

When reading any article or story, a student’s ability to summarize what they have read becomes much easier when they are able to determine the “gist” of the passage. Finding the “who, what, when, where, why, and how” of a story helps...