Happy Birthday, America!

By Rae Lynn DeAngelis Happy 250th Birthday, America!! “I appeal to you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another so that there may be no divisions among you and that you may be perfectly united in mind and thought” (1...

Wait Training

By Rae Lynn DeAngelis “How much longer?” I groaned from the back seat. “We’re almost there,” Mom reported cheerfully. “Only four more hours to go!” Four more hours?! Our family’s first trip to Florida felt like a journey to nowhere. Would we ever get there? Sitting in...

God Will Guide You

By Melody Vanosdol Key Verse: Psalm 32:8 (NIV)”I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my loving eye on you.” I’ve been a teacher for 24 years.  I find writing the lesson part of devotions and blogs much easier...

His Grace = Our Change

By Tanya Jolliffe RDN, LD For many women, emotional eating doesn’t begin with food—it begins with pressure. Pressure to be everything to everyone.Pressure to stay composed, productive, and faithful.Pressure to meet emotional needs everywhere except our own. So when...

Perfect Peace in a Restless World

By Melody Vanosdol Key Verse“You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you” (Isaiah 26:3 NIV). My most prized possession is my peace. I call it mine because God has given it to me. I don’t know exactly when I received...