Christmas is a wonderful time of the year, but Jesus, the King, could have been born into wealth untold came simply.

Christmas is a wonderful time of the year, but Jesus, the King, could have been born into wealth untold came simply.

Tumalo Community Church, Tumalo, OR Psalm 122:1 NLT “Let us go to the house of the Lord.” Founded in 1904, the town of Tumalo, OR was first called Laidlaw by self-professed founder, A.W. Laidlaw. The industrious citizens began the first church in 1905 with a church building being dedicated in 1907. Unfortunately, Mr. Laidlaw was…
Carlsbad Caverns National Park, NM Psalm 32:7 You are my hiding place; You shall preserve me from trouble; You shall surround me with songs of deliverance. Philippe Sands had a plaguing question, “Who rescued my mother from the hands of the Nazis when she was an infant?” The British barrister and author was well versed…
Military Working Dog Teams National Monument, San Antonio, TX Ephesians 6:17 NLT Put on salvation as your helmet, and take the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. Would you head to work without your shoes? My mom laughingly would recount the story about my first day of kindergarten. When I arrived…
James 1:17 Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. Got Gifts? About 250 BILLION dollars is spent in the United States on advertising with 1.9 billion being exclusively for Christmas gifts. No wonder we feel the pressure to…
Philippians 3:20 GNT We, however, are citizens of heaven, and we eagerly wait for our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, to come from heaven. If you can remember it, right after 9-11 happened, the country was unified in a way I had never seen! So, it breaks my heart that today it seems we are…
Sunset, Sisters, OR Job 19:25 GNT But I know there is someone in heaven who will come at last to my defense. Being a caregiver is hard. According the American Psychological Association, caregiving is associated with: depression, anxiety, guilt, sadness, dread, and worry. Caregivers run a gamut of emotions from ambivalence about care, to witnessing…