• What is Your Firm Foundation? by Lane Jordan Burday

  Posted onJanuary 13, 2026January 13, 2026

  Anyone who listens to my teaching and follows it is wise, like a person who builds a house on solid rock (Matthew 7:24). At church service this past Sunday, our new pastor, Daniel Floyd, spoke about building our lives on God’s true foundation. And yes, I have heard this preached before, and I have heard…

• Don’t Look Back by Lisa Burkhardt Worley, D.Min.

  Posted onJanuary 10, 2026January 10, 2026

  A new year represents looking forward with anticipation about what is to come. It can represent a new start, new ideas, and the hope of new blessings from God. However, sometimes we slip back into the past, don’t we? We start thinking about past hurts, dysfunction, and past injustice, and that can move us into…

• New Years Resolutions. Do Less! By Lane Jordan Burday

  Posted onJanuary 6, 2026January 6, 2026

  Probably the first thing that comes to our minds on January 1 is planning our resolutions. And that’s not a bad thing! We all need to improve our lives in every area: spiritually, mentally, emotionally, and physically. But usually, it’s a list of unattainable ambitions that fall flat. In fact, 80 percent of New Year’s…

• One Word for 2026 by Lisa Burkhardt Worley, D.Min.

  Posted onJanuary 3, 2026January 3, 2026

  “Have you chosen your word for the year?” a friend asked. “I actually had not thought about it,” I responded, “but I will pray about it.” So I began praying for a word to live by in 2026, and this morning it came. “Your word is ‘prepare,’” the Holy Spirit said. This word has many…

• Do You Not See It? By Lane Jordan Burday

  Posted onDecember 30, 2025December 30, 2025

  For I am about to do something new. See, I have already begun! Do you not see it? I will make a pathway through the wilderness. I will create rivers in the dry wasteland  (Isaiah 43:19). It is so easy to ignore the importance of starting a new year by making the same resolutions, eating…

• Humble Hope by Dr. Lisa Burkhardt Worley

  Posted onDecember 23, 2025December 23, 2025

  Jesus came into this world humbly, and he left humbly. He allowed himself to be born in a livestock feeding trough, and he departed this world after being crucified on a cross. But through his humble existence on this Earth and through his teachings, he gave us something that we cannot quantify—hope. Hope is a…

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