Hope Again When Life Hurts and Dreams Fade [... more]

Hope Again When Life Hurts and Dreams Fade [... more]

The seemingly impossible happened when hurricane-force winds changed the flow of the mighty Mississippi River In August Hurricane Ida came ashore on the coast of Louisiana and the astonishing result was a ldquo negative flow rdquo meaning water actually flowed upriver for several hours Experts estimate that over its life cycle a hurricane can expend energy equivalent to nuclear bombs Such incredible power to change the course of flowing water helps me understand the Israelites rsquo response to a far more significant ldquo negative flow rdquo recorded in Exodus While fleeing the Egyptians who rsquo d enslaved them for centuries [... more]

The bag of snack chips was small but it taught an American missionary a big lesson Working one evening nbsp in the Dominican Republic she arrived nbsp at a church meeting and opened her chips when a woman she hardly knew reached and grabbed a few from the bag Others helped themselves too How rude the missionary thought Then she realized a humbling lesson She didn rsquo t yet understand the culture where she rsquo d agreed to serve Rather than emphasizing individualism as in the United States she learned that life in the Dominican Republic is lived in community [... more]

Humility is contrary to the flesh but necessary for spiritual life Pastor Greg Barkman speaks from Peter [... more]