by David Lamb | Mar 15, 2023 | Anger, Emotions, Fear, Happiness, Pain, Thanksgiving
About ten years ago, I was teaching a course on the psalms for my seminary students in the midst of a personal health crisis. It wasn’t in my notes, but I spontaneously ended up sharing with my students about my pain, my frustration, and my struggle to understand why...
by Lisa Degrenia | Nov 16, 2021 | Thanksgiving
This prayer could be voiced many ways, with or without the scripture that inspired it. This version is for: One voice leading the entire prayer, or A different voice leading each stanza of the prayer. Scripture Reading So let no one boast about human leaders. For all...
by Stuart Strachan Jr. | Nov 12, 2019 | Encouragement, Gratitude, Sermon Illustrations, Thanksgiving
Tracy Autler’s life changed in a very unexpected way on Thanksgiving Day, 1993. Tracy was a single mother, living in an apartment in a rough neighborhood, she was doing her best to raise a three-year old while preparing for the birth of her second child, at that...