Musings

Reviewed By Michael McManus LCSW Reading “Secure Love” by Julie Menanno is like having a heart-to-heart chat with your best friend about what makes relationships tick. One of the main things I love about this book is that it gives specific examples and strategies of how to interrupt toxic communication...

By Dr. Kerry Knight, Emerald Beach Church of Christ “Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing A NEW THING! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?” (Isaiah 43:18-19) The turning of the calendar to a new year often fills us with a...

By Sean Dietrich The Third Day of Christmas. My three French hens must have gotten lost in the mail. The weather was a stolid 34 degrees. The water in the dog bowls was stone. The sun was out. Waffle House was warm and inviting. The parking lot was mostly empty except...

By Dr. Kerry Knight, Emerald Beach Church of Christ “Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants, You have perfected praise” (Matthew 21:16b) Imagine for just a moment, a tiny newborn baby wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. He is so vulnerable, so helpless, so dependent. It is hard...

By Gueary Clendenning What was your perfect gift you received as a child during Christmas? You know, the one gift that stands out in your memory even after all these years? I remember my perfect gift was a fully loaded red, chrome Schwinn bicycle! How many of you from my generation...

By Sean Dietrich The letter came via email. “My dad died last year and I don’t really know what to do with myself anymore. My mom is trying to give me space, my friends ask when I’ll be normal again. I turn fifteen tomorrow and my dad is not here...

By Dr. Kerry Knight, Emerald Beach Church of Christ “Thank you, Lord.” Does that statement seem odd when you consider the condition the world is in? I don’t think I need to explain. Let me just drop a few hints: Russia, China, North Korea, Iran, and that doesn’t even include...

By Sean Dietrich When I was a kid, my mother believed in angels, but I didn’t. I was on the fence about angels. I didn’t believe in hocus pocus. My thought was, if angels were real, then why were they always the worst team in the Major Leagues? My mother used...

By Dr. Kerry Knight, Emerald Beach Church of Christ We don’t often think of the Holy Spirit as being the loving personality of the Godhead three. The term Godhead describes the union of three divine personalities: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Just as a family of three,...

By Dr. Kerry Knight, Emerald Beach Church of Christ “We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers, remembering without ceasing your work of faith, labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ…” (I Thessalonians 1:2-3). If you are looking...