by mcl | Mar 3, 2014 | Columns, Editor's Letter
By: MARILYN TINNIN “You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden.” Matthew 5:14 “The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.” John 1:5 Just looking at this month’s cover makes me smile. It makes me smile in the same way...
by mcl | Feb 3, 2014 | Columns, Editor's Letter
“If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal,” (1 Corinthians 13:1). Resounding gongs and clanging cymbals? There seem to be a lot of those going around these days. Love? Not so much if you’re...
by mcl | Jan 1, 2014 | Columns, Editor's Letter
“Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil,” (Ephesians 5:15-16). The Ad Council and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) unveiled a campaign last year with the...
by mcl | Nov 30, 2013 | Columns, Editor's Letter
“Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever,” (Hebrews 13:8). There is nothing that sets my heart and soul on a walk down Memory Lane quite like pulling out my Christmas decorations. Hundreds of colored ornaments—nothing uniform about any of...
by mcl | Nov 3, 2013 | Columns, Editor's Letter
“Every good and perfect gift is from above coming down from the father of heavenly lights who does not change like shifting shadows,” (James 1:17). I am on a homeward bound flight from Los Angeles as I try to corral my Thanksgiving thoughts for this November issue....
by mcl | Oct 2, 2013 | Columns, Editor's Letter
“Lo! the hosts of evil ’round us, Scorn Thy Christ, assail His ways. From the fears that long have bound us, Free our hearts to faith and praise. Grant us wisdom, grant us courage, For the living of these days, For the living of these days.” ...