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Hi, I’m Lori. I’m infertile. I’m a mom.
“Mrs. Cline” the lady behind the receptionist desk called out. I walked up and answered, “Yes.” “Are you here for […]
Mother’s Day Misery: The Road to Motherhood
Mother’s Day Sundays would bring such heartache for many years. Oh sure, I still had my mom with me (300 […]
Depression: the Battle & the Defeat
Did Jesus battle depression? Seems like a strange question at first, but consider Isaiah’s prophesy of the coming Messiah: “He […]
Two Lies & Two Truths About Joy & Peace
Do you want more joy and peace in your life? Who doesn’t, right? I’ve never heard anyone say, “You know, […]
What Happens When You Pray?
Do you ever wonder what happens when you pray? Sometimes we need a reminder. You may value prayer and you […]
Prayer Doesn’t Fix Everything, But It Changes Everything
I’ve been a praying person for much of my life. Has it worked? Has it fixed me entirely? Apparently not, because I […]
Responsibility Made Me Do It
It was around 1:00 in the morning when I was jarred awake by my wife slapping me in the chest […]
Resurrection: The Burden of Proof
The conception and rise of Christianity in the first century was due to the resurrection of Jesus, and so profoundly […]
Crucifixion: His Agony, the World’s Redemption
“Jesus died on a cross.” We should not be able to utter that without an utterly overwhelming shudder of awe, […]
Addiction Part Three: Restoring Broken Relationships
There’s something beautiful about a restored relationship between a child and their father. At one time, I was angry with […]
Part Two: The Relentless Grip of Addiction
“Life isn’t worth living without it.” Those six words spoken by my dad brought my world racing into high-definition focus […]
Addiction Part One: Returning to Bad Choices
In his wilder days, my dad had a group that he partied with. They were good guys but they all […]
Thoughts, Habits, and a Changed Life
Your life is driven by your thoughts and habits, so let God transform them them today.
When Things Fall Apart
Sometimes, everything around you seems to be falling apart. The markets are down and retirement looks bleak… You can’t seem […]
Say It Isn’t So…
Last week’s revelation that fifty people had been charged in scams to get their kids into colleges illegally did not […]
Where You’ll Find Joy
I get so frustrated when I lose my keys, my cell phone, or that important receipt. It’s discouraging. If it’s […]
The Need for Purpose-Millennials Part Three
It was like an assembly line, but there were no machines doing any work. It was me. A spread of […]
The Need for Purpose-Millennials Part Two
It was just supposed to be a casual drive from home to visit a friend a few hours away. But […]
Celebrating the Greatest Love
Nafisa Morris is a young widow who writes Rekindling Joy, a blog that encourages others who have suffered similar losses. Her […]
The Need to Belong-Millennials Part One
The generation that is ascending into adulthood today, known as the millennial generation, is one that many would call “entitled,” […]
No Longer Alone: A Woman Remembers-Part Three
A simple Google search for the true meaning of happiness gives you 473,000,000 results. Could it really be that easy? […]
Alone Among Friends: A Teenage Girl Remembers-Part Two
Before the days of Instagram and Facebook and even cell phones, we had film. Actual film. You put the roll […]
Loneliness and Longing: A Little Girl Remembers-Part One
At just seven years old, I knew the hurt of loneliness. My mother worked long hours overnight to pay the […]
Forgiveness is a Heart Thing
I’m not sure when it happened, but by the time I had children of my own, I had forgiven my […]
Do They Know It’s Christmastime?
It was 1984, and news reports about the famine in Ethiopia shocked the world with pictures of starving children with […]
Ben and His Missionary Heart
If you ever have the privilege of meeting Ben Roberson, you will never forget him. One of the first times […]
Who Else Is There? by Rana Costa El-Hage
She walked into my makeshift clinic room hesitantly and took a seat. I thought she was in her mid-fifties, but her […]
Lifeword Cloud Language #4: Spanish
In 1979, fourteen years after Lifeword’s (then Harvest Gleaner Hour’s) first broadcast, the highly anticipated Spanish language was added to […]
Lifeword Cloud Language #3: Arabic
Only five languages have been chosen by Lifeword as “starter languages” included in the beta-testing stage before the public rollout […]
Generational Effects of a Changed Life: Vicente Lopez
Quebrada de Humahuaca (named by the Inca descendents of northern Argentina) is a narrow valley just south of the Bolivian […]
Valley of the Dry Bones: Replanting Temple Baptist Church By Drew Cline, Lead Pastor
Ezekiel 36:36 (ESV) “Then the nations that are left all around you shall know that I am the Lord; I […]
Lifeword Cloud: What’s it all about?
For those of us who are technologically challenged, Lifeword’s new initiative, the Cloud, is difficult to understand and even harder […]
Lifeword Cloud Language #2: Swahili
Only five languages have been chosen by Lifeword as “starter languages” included in the beta-testing stage before the public rollout […]
Lifeword Cloud Q & A
For those of us who are technologically challenged, Lifeword’s new initiative, the Cloud, is difficult to understand and even harder […]
Lifeword Language #1: Garifuna
The People African slaves endured a perilous journey, one that often ended in death often caused by disease. The late […]
Lifeword and Missions in Honduras: Shoeboxes and Smiles
Delayed by several months due to political unrest and customs issues, the Making Everlasting Smiles shoeboxes were finally handed out […]