Subject: Monday Message: The Most Courageous Woman I Ever Met
Monday Message: The Most Courageous Woman I Ever Met
August 31st, 2020 at 10:37 am EDT“The most courageous woman I’ve ever met.” “What a dedicated mother!” “A fighter, not a quitter.” “Her love for Jesus showed in how she cared for others.” This is how friends describe Jennifer Ruff, who lost her two-year battle wi ...
The Importance of Local Leaders
August 24th, 2020 at 10:17 am EDTDear Friends, I was grateful this week to attend the 50th wedding anniversary of some good friends of ours. My wife, Lynn, and I sat in one of the four corners of the “properly” social-distanced porch while the eight of us talked. It was fascin ...
Upbeat and Hopeful: A Monday Message from Five Talents
August 17th, 2020 at 8:45 am EDTDear Friends, I was grateful to hear this last week from a bishop who works with our programs in east Africa. The bishop has become a friend, and when he writes me he calls me brother. I was grateful to hear that in his country they have overcome m ...
Overcoming
August 10th, 2020 at 10:25 am EDTDear Friends, I received this quote earlier today from my friends at St. Mary's Sewanee. I really appreciated this reminder and thought you may too: Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it. -Helen KellerUnti ...
Learning How to Fish
August 3rd, 2020 at 9:14 am EDTDear Friends, This week during worship we heard how, in Mark Chapter 1, Jesus asked some of his disciples to use the skills they already knew well. They were fishermen, so he said to them “Come and I will send you out to fish for people.” Jesus ...
Broken Bridges
July 27th, 2020 at 8:22 am EDTDear Friends, I was reading Chris Highland’s book “Broken Bridges” this week. He writes about the important opportunities we have to repair or even build new bridges of all kinds. I sense that everyone, including me, is feeling a bit worn out ...
Feeling Trapped? . . .Discover Hope
July 13th, 2020 at 10:24 am EDTDear Friends, Have you ever been stuck in a difficult situation and wondered how things could ever turn around? The good news is that there is no circumstance too hard for God. Mandi knows what it's like to feel trapped. With minimal education she ...
Feeling Trapped? . . .Discover Hope
July 13th, 2020 at 10:20 am EDTDear Friends, Have you ever been stuck in a difficult situation and wondered how things could ever turn around? The good news is that there is no circumstance too hard for God. Mandi knows what it's like to feel trapped. With minimal education she ...
Paddling Your Own Canoe
July 6th, 2020 at 8:43 am EDTDear Friends, Last week one of our staff members, Raynelle McKissick, heard from Deacon Debby Buffum, a longtime Five Talents friend who gave us permission to share this. Deacon Buffum donated a memorial gift in honor of the passing of a friend's a ...
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