Musings

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 Dave Holland “As the time approached for him to be taken up to heaven, Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem. And he sent messengers on ahead, who went into a Samaritan village to get things ready for him; but the people there did not welcome him, because he was...

By Dr. Kerry Knight, Emerald Beach Church of Christ And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them; and they were sore afraid. And the angel said unto them, “FEAR NOT.” Luke 2:9-10 Fear seems to be the trappings of...

By Kerry Knight, Emerald Beach Church of Christ “Now my soul is troubled, and what shall I say? Father save me from this hour? But for this purpose I came to this hour” John 12:27 The scene of Jesus kneeling in prayer in the garden has stimulated the imagination of the great painters. We...

By Sean Dietrich These aren’t my stories, but I’m going to tell them. Let’s call her Dana. Dana was going for a walk near her home. It was a dirt road. Her high-school reunion was coming up, she was getting into shape. A truck pulled beside her. He slowed down. He rolled...

By Dr. Kerry Knight, Emerald Beach Church of Christ “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” (Jeremiah 29:11, NIV) Many people want to blame God for every misfortune that...

By Dr. Kerry Knight, Emerald Beach Church of Christ “How are you fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How are you cut down to the ground” (Isaiah 14:12) Many would say, “Now wait a minute, Satan is a fallen angel, right? How can you say he has not fallen?”...

By Rick Moore This is the story as it was told to me. In 1899, Malaky, her brothers David and Naif, along with their mom and dad, boarded a steamship heading from Byblos, Lebanon to New York City. Malaky was eleven, David was four, and Naif was one year old....

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 Sean Dietrich Eighteen years. That sounds like a long time, but it’s not. Not when you think about it. Eighteen years is nothing. It’s hard to believe that eighteen years ago we were just two ordinary people with two very different last names. It’s almost hard to conceive of a...