Weekly Devo: Christmas Socks

Weekly Devo: Christmas Socks

My maternal grandparents lived on the northeast corner of Kanawha and East Main in Lancaster during the 1950’s. It was a huge duplex that sat where Fifth Third Bank is today. Each year on Christmas Eve, like many families, we gathered at Grandma’s with our aunts,...
Christmas Furnace Give Away

Christmas Furnace Give Away

Last week, Ron’s “Simple Faith” devo told the harrowing tale of his family’s coal furnace growing up: “The furnace squatted like an agitated sumo-wrestler in the center of the musty basement, breathing fire as it guarded the sacred...
Christmas Furnace Give Away

Weekly Devo: What Doesn’t Kill You…

When I was kid, the only bathroom in our house was an afterthought tucked under the back porch in the corner of our basement. Like a fall-out shelter, it was constructed entirely of concrete. Even the tub was molded of concrete; years of pockmarked paint gave it the...
December Parent Link

December Parent Link

The December issue of Parent Link is here! Check it out online to learn about culture trends, games, sites, apps, verses for your family and children’s ministry news. Click here to download the December Parent Link newsletter.
Weekly Devo: Grown Men Cry

Weekly Devo: Grown Men Cry

It’s incredible how much syrup can ooze out of a flat screen TV. My wonderful wife Marilyn loves sappy Christmas movies, and apparently there are countless variations of the same predictable plot: Girl has shallow boyfriend, girl goes home for Christmas, girl endures...