Thank you, Lord, for the blessings you have bestowed on my life. You have provided me with more than I could ever have ...

One of the many things that Rev. Scriven is still teaching me, though he died on Christmas Day in 2023, is to learn from Howard Thurman.

Job stresses, family problems, marital strife — life can be difficult at times, and it's easy to lose track of ourselves and our priorities when things are especially tough. One way to calm us down, ...

Before Easter arrives each spring, there is a period of time that the Church observes known as Lent. Throughout this time frame, Christians emphasize the importance of truly relying on God (instead of ...

When I talk to children about prayer, I tell them there are only four types of prayers: Thanks, Gimme, Oops, and Wow! I have them stand up and scream with me as we ...

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The first Thanksgiving in the New World was celebrated in 1621, nearly a year after the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.