Amarillo, TX
George Washington's Inaugural Address
7/4/2010
Such being the impressions under which I have, in obedience to the public summons, repaired to the resent station, it would be peculiarly improper to omit in this first official act my fervent supplications to that Almighty Being who rules over the universe

Clifton CO
Fourth of July Thoughts
7/3/2010
Is the Fourth of July going to be different for you this year?

Georgia
Reading and Reflecting
7/2/2010
A few years ago as we, the citizens of the United States, were preparing to celebrate another year of our country's independence, I came across some words that...forced me to stop and reflect for a very long time.

Freedom's Price
7/1/2010
Our nation's founding fathers, men who paid freedom's price, and knew how to count the cost of liberty.

Clifton, CO
It Is Good to Be An American
6/30/2010
Surely his salvation is near those who fear him, that his glory may dwell in our land. Psalm 85:9

Clifton, CO
Happy Father's Day!
6/17/2010
Father's Day -- isn't it great to have a day for us to stop and honor our fathers!

Amarillo, TX
FDR's D-Day Prayer
6/6/2010
Last night, when I spoke with you about the fall of Rome, I knew at that moment that troops of the United States and our Allies were crossing the Channel in another and greater operation. -- Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Thomaston, Georgia
Prevailing Peace
5/26/2010
Every Memorial Day observance calls upon us to remember the sacrifices and the contributions made in the past.

Thomaston, GA
When We Don't Feel Ideal
5/10/2010
This year, as in the past, many women (including me!) may slip a little lower in the pew if the minister reads Proverbs 31 on Mother’s Day.

Genesee, ID
A Letter to Mom
5/10/2010
While driving to work this morning I wept over the state of our nation and our world. I repented for not confronting sin and for being so passive about the state of our world.

Clifton, CO
On the Shoulders of Mothers
5/9/2010
So much of our future rests on the shoulders of Mothers!

Clifton, CO
Thoughts on Mother's Day
5/6/2010
Mother's Day, two different avenues of emotions and memories will gush from your past depending on the Mother you had

Christchurch, New Zealand
Spring-cleaning
5/1/2010
I have never appreciated spring as much as I did during my two years of living in Nova Scotia, Canada, because the contrast with winter was so great.

Nashville, TN
Enjoying New Life
4/19/2010
Isn't spring wonderful? New life!

Franklin, TN
The Importance of Missing Pieces
4/14/2010
One of my fellow undergraduates at Western Kentucky University was "different." He was always coming up with bizarre ways of expressing basic truths.

Nashville, TN
An Invitation to Praise
4/12/2010
After my husband died at the age of thirty-three, I grieved and shed many, many tears over this great loss in my life. I wasn't prepared in any way to face the days ahead.

Nashville, TN
Grace Abounds
4/11/2010
I hate flying. So naturally, as I write, I am 32,000 feet above the ground.

Texas
Sound-Bites from God
4/10/2010
He understands that although we would love to feast on His word, sometimes it is all we can do to grab a quick snack.

Franklin, TN
The Word OBEDIENCE
4/9/2010
I am really moved lately to study the word OBEDIENCE. It keeps coming up in my head over and over again.

Nashville, TN
Isaiah 29:13
4/8/2010
That's what the words of Hold Me Up are about.